Tooling Technician

The role

You will own tooling fabrication and modification tied to new product introduction. You will partner with engineering to design, develop, and fabricate new tools and maintain existing ones.

What you will do

• Fabricate and modify tooling in direct support of new product introduction across manufacturing programs.
• Partner with engineering to help develop and design new tools from the ground up.
• Operate welding, water jet, laser tracking, manual machine shop, and general assembly equipment.
• Maintain and iterate on existing tooling as part designs and requirements evolve.
• Help scale tooling processes and practices as the team grows.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in tooling fabrication, spanning both modification of established tools and fabrication of new tools.
• Hands-on experience with welding, water jet operation, laser tracking, manual machine shop equipment, and general assembly.
• Ability to operate autonomously with minimal oversight on program-critical timelines.
• Comfort collaborating directly with engineering on new tool development and design.
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and a bias toward unblocking the program quickly.

Nice to have

• Direct experience where tooling was a critical-path item on a program ramp.
• Experience helping stand up or scale a tooling function from a small team.
• Cross-trained across multiple fabrication processes beyond welding and water jet.
• A track record of mentoring less experienced technicians on tooling fabrication.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 401k
• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations
• Flexible vacation policy
• Equity

Before you apply

• To conform to ITAR, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

About the company

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing. They help aerospace and defense companies build mission-critical systems.