Mechanical Design Engineer

The role

The Mechanical Design Engineer will build CAD models from technical data and create internal drawings for manufacturing states. They will own PLM data structures and partner with manufacturing, tooling, programming, and inspection teams.

What you will do

• Build accurate CAD models from naval prints, aerospace drawings, legacy prints, and other customer technical data.
• Create internal CAD models and drawings for each manufacturing state of a part.
• Own PLM data structure and move parts through the release workflow.
• Execute customer and internal changes across part families.
• Partner with manufacturing, tooling, programming, and inspection teams.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• 3+ years of professional mechanical design experience, including production CAD models and drawings for manufactured hardware.
• Proficiency in at least one parametric 3D CAD platform (NX, CATIA, Creo, or SolidWorks).
• Ability to build models from complex 2D drawings and from incomplete or missing drawings.
• Working knowledge of GD&T (ASME Y14.5), engineering drawing standards, and PLM-based release and change control.
• Experience working directly with manufacturing teams and managing release schedule and priorities across multiple products.

Nice to have

• Experience using Siemens NX on production parts.
• Experience with naval or shipyard drawings, customer technical data packages, and legacy prints.
• Experience with both naval and aerospace hardware.
• Experience creating in-process (M-state) models and drawings, and running customer and internal change processes in parallel.
• Experience with machining, welded assemblies, tooling design, and CMM or scan-based inspection.

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 U.S. Government export regulations, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the

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.