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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 looking for a Build Engineer, Castings to manage large structural castings from design to production, playing a crucial role in the manufacturing process.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret and define product requirements from customer specifications and translate them into casting requirements.
  • Reverse engineer castings from legacy drawings or incomplete technical data.
  • Review models and drawings for castability and drive changes before design freeze.
  • Hand a well-defined casting problem to Capability Engineering and the foundry's design team.
  • Define casting quality levels and weld repair limits with Design and Quality.
  • Own the end-to-end casting route from pattern through pour to inspection.
  • Define the high-level process for each operation and hand it to Capability Engineering.
  • Build and maintain BOM structures, work orders, and work instructions.
  • Work with Quality and metallurgical lab teams to set inspection plans.
  • Recommend which castings to pour and which to buy, and assess outside foundries.
  • Plan and execute development articles and full-scale qualification castings.
  • Own disposition and root cause for new-casting non-conformances.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in build, manufacturing, or casting engineering.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical, Materials, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience interpreting and defining product requirements from specifications and drawings.
  • Working knowledge of large steel castings and casting defects.
  • Experience reverse engineering castings from incomplete data or physical parts.
  • Understanding of NDT methods for castings and how acceptance criteria flow from requirements.
  • Experience structuring BOMs and work instructions in PLM, ERP, or MES systems.
  • Strong GD&T and 3D CAD skills.
  • Experience working on a foundry floor and with outside foundries.
  • Able to work on-site in Kutztown, PA, or be based in Los Angeles with travel.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Role works out of the foundry in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
  • Regular travel to the foundry may be required.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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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. 33 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.

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