Director, Forward Deployed Software Engineering

The role

You will lead the Forward Deployed team across one or more programs and be responsible for technical outcomes. You will own the technical roadmap, manage executive relationships, and build and lead a team of engineers, product managers, and designers.

What you will do

• Own the technical roadmap and delivery
• Bring program learnings to platform teams
• Own the executive relationship on the technical side
• Build and lead the team
• Stay hands-on with building and reviewing

Required qualifications

• Highly commercial technical leaders with excellent product judgment
• Demonstrated history leading engineering and product teams and scaling a product from zero to one
• Strong with external and internal executives
• Owned senior customer relationships and made commitments on behalf of a company
• Product taste
• Hands-on technical
• AI-native
• Experience hiring builders into ambiguous roles
• Driven by the mission and the tempo

Nice to have

• Founder or founding-team experience
• Background in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or anywhere hardware, software, and operations intersect
• Forward-deployed or solutions leadership at a product company

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 faster and at lower cost.