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Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost.

Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built.

Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen.

If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.

The Role

The Technical Program Manager is responsible for the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for key programs and products, serving as the central integrator between program, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and operations timelines.

This position partners cross-functionally to ensure alignment between engineering schedules, supply chain lead times, and delivery commitments in a dynamic, high-mix NPI manufacturing environment.

What You'll Do

• Own the IMS. Develop Integrated Master Schedules for products, programs, capabilities, and production sites. Sequence development, procurement, construction, equipment installation, and qualification activities across concurrent NPI and factory-buildout workstreams for feasible schedules.

• Own updates and ensure the schedule is a trusted tool for decision-making and reliable source of valid data.

• Track schedule performance against baseline, proactively identifying risk, quantifying impacts of changes, and surfacing key insights. Drive solutioning to achieve milestones and maintain delivery commitments.

• Facilitate cross-functional schedule reviews and ensure stakeholder alignment on milestone dates, deliverables, and resource trade-offs. Drive accountability for on-time delivery.

• Support definition of scheduling philosophy, standards, and patterns. Systematize and automate to efficiently scale scheduling.

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of experience in integrated scheduling, project management, or engineering or manufacturing planning.

• Demonstrated experience developing and managing an Integrated Master Schedule.

• Strong knowledge of scheduling methodologies and principles, including for estimating durations and qualifying risk.

• Experience using scheduling tools (e.g. MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheets, etc) and building automations and connectors.

• Ability to partner with stakeholders and drive accountability. Strong communicator and relationship builder.

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience in development and scaling phases of aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, or other complex hardware manufacturing industries.

• Undeterred by ambiguity and proven delivery of meaningful outcomes.

• Ability to bring structure and process to fast-paced environments while maintaining velocity

• Experience supporting multi-site or multi-program production environments and/or working knowledge of SQL, Python, or similar analytics tools.

Compensation

For this role, the target salary range is $160,000-$220,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).

This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

• 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

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy.

It is the Company’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.