Director of Software Engineering, New Programs

Los Angeles, CA. Posted 3 days ago

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.
Run technical reviews and manage scope and schedule conversations.
Hire and grow the engineers, product managers, and designers on your program.
Stay hands-on by building v0 or reviewing what the team ships.

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, especially if you managed customer relationships and business decisions while still building.
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 for employees
401k
Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
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 faster and at lower cost.