Program Manager, Additive Manufacturing
Los Angeles, CA$135k - $175kFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America and is expanding its world-class additive manufacturing capability. The role owns end-to-end delivery of AM programs, driving the infrastructure, processes, and production-readiness for metal 3D printing within aerospace/defense contexts.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain program planning artifacts: WBS, integrated master schedules (IMS), risk registers, and EVM reporting.
- Lead process qualification efforts — owning parameter development cycles, establishing production baselines, and ensuring traceability from process inputs to qualified output standards.
- Drive automation and subsystem integration across the AM production cell: laser and scanner systems, powder and gas handling, recoater and z-stage, thermal management, safety interlocks, and control systems connectivity.
- Establish and continuously improve machine monitoring and reliability programs
- Serve as the primary technical and programmatic interface for aerospace and defense customers and partners — leading program status briefings and reviews with clear, decision-ready communication.
- Serve as the connective tissue across sales, supply chain, and engineering: systems, materials & process, applications, software, and quality — identifying and resolving execution risks early to maintain program health and delivery commitments.
- Manage CapEx budget for AM facility buildouts and coordinate with contractors and internal stakeholders. Advocate for strategic investments in AM equipment, facility requirements, process automation, and infrastructure.
- Partner with sales on program shaping, proposal development, BOE generation, and DFARS/ITAR-compliant delivery frameworks.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in technical program management within aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing environments — with a track record of delivering hardware-intensive programs on time.
- Direct, hands-on experience with metal additive manufacturing: process development, equipment qualification, or production industrialization.
- Proven ability to take complex manufacturing systems from development through production-grade reliability — not just track the people doing it.
- Strong cross-functional coordination skills across engineering, operations, supply chain, and software in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments.
- Ability to communicate program status, risks, and decisions crisply to both senior technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Familiarity with NIAR qualification frameworks or experience guiding AM programs through third-party process certification and audit readiness.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
Skills
Required:Program management (technical)Additive manufacturing (metal AM)Cross-functional leadership
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
- Equity
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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