Vice President, Test Engineering

Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper. By combining advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we are reinventing how America produces its most critical parts.

Valued at $1.6B, we’re accelerating our mission with the launch of Factory 3 in Mesa, Arizona, a 290,000-square-foot facility creating 350 new jobs. We are expanding rapidly to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to expand into naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts.

Hadrian is backed by leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz, our fast-growing team is united around reindustrializing American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond.

The Role

As Vice President of Test Engineering, you will define and lead the organization’s end-to-end test engineering strategy across development, qualification, and production. This senior leadership role is responsible for building and scaling test organizations, infrastructure, and processes that support rapid iteration while maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and reliability. You will partner closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure testing is a strategic enabler of scalability, operational excellence, and business objectives.

Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Define and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for test engineering across the full product and manufacturing lifecycle
• Build, lead, and scale multidisciplinary test engineering teams supporting development, integration, qualification, and production
• Establish and continuously improve standardized test methodologies, infrastructure, and best practices
• Oversee the design, deployment, and operation of test systems, facilities, automation, and data pipelines
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations leadership to align test strategy with program and business needs

What We’re Looking For

• Extensive experience in test engineering, integration and test, manufacturing test, or related technical leadership roles
• Demonstrated success leading and scaling test organizations in complex, hardware-focused environments
• Experience with development, qualification, environmental, acceptance, and production testing of complex systems
• Proven ability to build scalable, data-driven test processes and infrastructure
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience supporting high-growth or rapidly scaling organizations
• Background partnering closely with manufacturing and operations teams
• Demonstrated ability to use test data to drive design, quality, and process improvements
• Experience mentoring senior technical leaders and developing organizational capability

Compensation

For this role, the target salary range is $300,000 – $350,000 (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

• 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

ITAR Requirements

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 Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

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.