# Director, Supplier Quality & Development at Hadrian

- Company: Hadrian
- What the company does: Hadrian is rebuilding America’s industrial strength, rapidly scaling our country’s manufacturing output through advanced software, automation, and human skill. Backed by a16z, Founders Fund and Lux.
- Company website: https://www.hadrian.co
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $190K to $270K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-17
- Apply by: 2026-12-01
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hadrian-automation/abd87b56-2905-409e-9e32-54e9e31b5abd?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hadrian-director-supplier-quality-and-development/

## About the role

Hadrian is looking for a Director, Supplier Quality and Development to build and lead the function that ensures our growing external supply base meets the same quality and delivery bar as our own factories. You'll build the quality management system and compliance framework for outside manufacturing, own supplier quality performance end to end, and grow a team to support Hadrian's rapidly expanding supply chain. Build the quality management system and compliance framework (AS9100/maritime) for external supply Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Supplier quality and/or development experience in aerospace, naval, marine, or directly transferable defense hard-goods manufacturing
- Strong FAI, CAPA, and PFMEA discipline
- Proven people leadership experience, with the ability to build and grow a team
- Willingness to travel regularly to foundries and machine shops
- Experience standing up supplier quality processes and systems from scratch at a startup or high-growth company, ideally in mechanical commodities

Tags: Manufacturing

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