IT Field Engineer

Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future

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

Hadrian is scaling fast, standing up new factories and expanding existing ones across the country. We’re looking for a Technical Field Engineer to be the person on the ground who brings new IT infrastructure to life. This is a hands-on, travel-heavy role focused on standing up IT at new sites and deploying hardware for new manufacturing lines at existing facilities.

Early in each project you’ll work closely with the Manager of IT Deployment on planning, scoping, and documentation. As projects move to execution, you’ll be on-site doing the physical work: racking and cabling infrastructure, deploying network and endpoint hardware, and getting sites production-ready. You’ll partner with the central IT, infrastructure, network, security, and helpdesk teams throughout.

You’ll also work side by side with the Factory Development team, who own the manufacturing machinery and the construction of the site itself. Both teams are on the ground together to stand up new factories and add machinery to existing ones, so aligning IT deployment with machine installation and the overall buildout is central to the role.

What You’ll Do

Planning & Documentation

• Partner with the Manager of IT Deployment on project planning, scoping, and requirements for new sites and line expansions

• Build and maintain deployment documentation: runbooks, network diagrams, rack elevations, and asset records

• Document as-built conditions and keep site records accurate as the build progresses

• Work with architects and designers to ensure any changes or modifications are captured and documented as part of the process

• Develop repeatable deployment playbooks so each site launch is faster and more consistent than the last

• Track project status, timelines, and materials, and flag risks early

Site Standup & Hardware Deployment

• Travel to new and existing factories to stand up IT infrastructure and deploy hardware

• Rack, cable, and configure network gear (switches, WAPs, firewalls) and supporting infrastructure

• Deploy and configure endpoints, peripherals, and shop-floor devices for new manufacturing lines

• Work with vendors to deploy and support physical security systems (cameras, badge/access readers, sensors), AV and conference room systems, and office IoT devices such as printers

• Partner with Factory Development on-site to align IT deployment with machinery installation and the overall factory buildout

• Bring sites online: validate connectivity, wireless coverage, and core services to production-ready

• Provide hands-on support during go-live, then hand off cleanly to the local or central IT team

Vendor Coordination & On-Site Project Management

• Coordinate and project manage electrical and low-voltage vendors on-site: schedule work, track progress against the IT scope, and keep installs on timeline

• Confirm cabling, fiber, pathways, and power are built to spec, and hold vendors accountable to Hadrian standards

• Serve as the on-site IT point of contact for Factory Development, construction, and facilities, providing regular status updates

• Manage local vendor relationships and escalate issues that put the schedule or scope at risk

Logistics & Asset Management

• Receive, stage, and deploy infrastructure and endpoint hardware

• Manage shipping and receiving of IT materials across sites

• Maintain accurate asset inventory for deployed equipment and consumables

Security & Compliance

• Enforce Hadrian’s security tooling on deployed devices: EDR, MDM, and IAM

• Support CMMC Level 2 and CUI handling requirements at applicable sites

• Coordinate with central IT and InfoSec on compliance during buildouts

What We’re Looking For

• Willingness and ability to travel extensively to new builds and existing factories

• Hands-on infrastructure deployment experience: racking, cabling, switches, WAPs, firewalls

• Experience coordinating or project managing electrical, low-voltage, or structured cabling vendors on-site

• Experience deploying and supporting physical security systems (cameras, badge readers, sensors), AV/conference room systems, and office IoT devices such as printers

• Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with construction, facilities, and engineering teams on the ground

• Endpoint deployment and management experience (Intune, Mosyle, or FleetDM)

• Networking fundamentals: LAN/WAN, VLANs, Wi-Fi, firewall basics

• Familiarity with Okta for identity and access management

• Strong documentation habits and comfort building runbooks, diagrams, and as-built records

• High degree of independence, ownership, and initiative

• Manufacturing or industrial environment experience strongly preferred

• Comfortable operating as a mobile extension of a distributed team

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience designing and standing up greenfield sites or data centers from scratch

• Experience with the construction process and reading drawings and working with architects, designers, and general contractors

• Structured cabling and low-voltage coordination experience

• Experience deploying IT for manufacturing or production lines (OT, shop-floor devices), including coordinating with machinery and equipment teams

• Hands-on experience with physical access control, video surveillance (VMS), and building sensor platforms

• CMMC, ITAR, and CUI handling experience

• Ability to stay professional, detailed oriented and self-directed on customer and partner sites

Compensation

For this role, the target salary range is $124,000- $174,000 (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.

Benefits for Full-time Employees

• 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

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) 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 required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Use of AI in hiring

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.

Consideration of Criminal History

Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment.

Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. 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.