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Automation & Robotics System Engineer, Additive Manufacturing

Hadrian Automation· Manufacturing
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Los Angeles, CA$135k - $220kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Automation & Robotics System Engineer focused on design, deployment, and sustainment of AM cell automation for additive manufacturing within Hadrian’s manufacturing footprint, including safety architecture, powder handling, interfacing, FAT/SAT, reliability, and redeployment across factories.

Responsibilities

  • Cell Automation Design and Commissioning: Design, deploy, and commission automation for AM cell workflows — powder handling and transport, build plate and build unit exchange, depowdering, part removal, and downstream logistics into post-processing.
  • Cell Safety Architecture: Own the safety architecture for AM cell automation — risk assessment, guarding, presence sensing, emergency stop and interlock logic — and validate it against aerospace and defense production requirements. Coordinate with the Machine Controls & Data Integration Engineer so cell safety state is visible to the machine and platform layer.
  • Powder and Combustible Dust Safety: Engineer automation around powder safely — combustible dust controls per NFPA 484, inert gas handling, and grounding and bonding practice — in coordination with site EHS and the Materials and Process team.
  • Automation Interface Requirements: Define automation interface requirements — mechanical, electrical, and data — and work with the Machine Controls & Data Integration Engineer so cell automation is represented in OPUS.
  • Automation Team Partnership: Partner with the Hadrian Automation team on interfaces, handoffs, and the joint AM cell automation roadmap, integrating proven vendor equipment in preference to custom builds wherever it fits.
  • Acceptance Testing: Execute Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT) for automation equipment, and define performance acceptance criteria tied to cycle time, throughput, and reliability rather than function alone.
  • Reliability and Maintenance: Own reliability and maintenance programs for automation systems — preventive maintenance schedules, spares strategy, and root cause analysis driven to verified closure.
  • Throughput and Bottleneck Elimination: Identify and eliminate automation bottlenecks to improve build throughput, changeover time, and machine utilization, using cycle time and utilization data from the manufacturing data infrastructure.
  • Design for Redeployment: Document and standardize cell automation so solutions transfer to additional Hadrian factories without being re-engineered from scratch.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
  • 4+ years designing, deploying, and sustaining automation solutions in production manufacturing environments.
  • Hands-on experience with industrial robotics, material handling systems, and machine tending automation, including PLC-level familiarity with the cells you deploy.
  • Demonstrated competency in machine safety: risk assessment and functional safety design per ISO 12100 and ISO 13849 or equivalent, and hands-on safety interlock implementation and validation.
  • Experience commissioning automation equipment and executing structured acceptance testing against defined performance criteria.
  • Familiarity with machine integration and control interfaces in a factory automation context.
  • Ability to work on site full time in Torrance, California, and to travel to Hadrian deployment sites, integrators, and OEM facilities — up to 25%.
  • Must be a U.S. person for ITAR purposes — a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or otherwise eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Skills

Required:Automation design and commissioningSafety engineering and ISO standardsIndustrial robotics & material handling

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 Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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