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Overview

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing. The company is seeking a Weld Engineering Manager to lead the weld development team at their Los Angeles facility, focusing on developing and qualifying welds for aerospace, defense, and maritime hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of welding engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development.
  • Oversee the development and qualification of weld processes and their transition into production.
  • Own welding equipment and process selection, from defining requirements and evaluating vendors through installation and acceptance.
  • Partner with production, tooling, automation, quality, and program teams to align welding priorities with production goals.
  • Set welding standards and documentation practices, and serve as the welding point of contact for internal teams and customers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Welding Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (equivalent experience considered).
  • 6+ years in welding engineering or weld process development, including 1+ years leading engineers or serving as a senior technical lead.
  • Strong experience developing and qualifying welds for Navy or aerospace hardware.
  • Prior production manufacturing experience and a clear understanding of what production needs from engineering.
  • Working knowledge of NAVSEA, AWS D17.1, ASME Section IX, or MIL-STD welding requirements.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is an on-site leadership role.
  • Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA currently run a median of $43/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $35–$64/hr across 53 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 81 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 52 different employers. 34 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 565 other active welding openings from 259 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

Hadrian currently has 9 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Relativity Space (21), and Honeywell Aerospace (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Long Beach at $49/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $43/hr. Los Angeles is among them.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.
  • NAVSEA — the Naval Sea Systems Command welding standards used on US Navy shipbuilding and repair. Qualification is yard-specific and typically comes with a background check.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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