# Sr. Director, Forward Deployed Engineering 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: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $300K to $415K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-20
- Apply by: 2026-12-04
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hadrian-automation/64b210f6-83f4-42d6-ba48-98df7c0cdf8c?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hadrian-sr-director-forward-deployed-engineering-2/

## About the role

As a Senior Director, you lead the Forward Deployed team across one or more programs and are responsible for their technical outcomes. You will oversee the technical aspects of a program larger than most startups ever experience, working directly with government representatives, customers, and Hadrian’s leadership teams. The team is in its early stages, and the scope is rapidly expanding with Hadrian. You will play a key role in scaling the Forward Deployed team and leading multi-billion-dollar programs. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Highly commercial technical leaders with excellent product judgment
- You have a demonstrated history leading engineering and product teams and scaling a product from 0-1
- Executive‑level stakeholder management. You have owned executive level customer relationships and made commitments on behalf of a company that you then had to deliver on
- You have product taste. You know what’s worth building and what good looks like for the user, and you’ve shipped end-to-end enough times to back that up
- Hands on technical leader. You are just as comfortable supporting your team with architecture and review as you are taking your own idea from design to delivery
- AI-native and relentless about it. You use AI to compress everything from discovery to execution, you can show us concretely how it already makes you and your teams run 5x faster

Tags: Engineering, Product, Design

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