# Systems Qualification Engineer, Additive Manufacturing 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: Mid level
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $135K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-02
- Apply by: 2026-11-16
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hadrian-automation/89444d44-ed57-4bed-8c3c-eacc78050adc?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hadrian-systems-qualification-engineer-additive-manufacturing/

## About the role

Qualification Execution and Ownership: Author, execute, and close out IQ and OQ protocols for all AM systems — metal powder bed fusion, polymer platforms, and supporting equipment — with documented traceability from installation through production release. Support Materials & Process and Application Engineering on PQ by supplying the qualified equipment baseline, protocol structure, and machine capability data their performance qualifications rest on. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Direct experience qualifying metal AM equipment to AMS7032, ISO/ASTM TS 52930, ISO/ASTM 52920, or NIAR/NCAMP and US Navy AM requirements
- Experience supporting PQ alongside materials, process, or application engineering teams
- Experience measuring as-built additive surfaces and performing scan-to-CAD comparison
- Defense depot, government-owned facility, or A&D production environment background, Nadcap AC7110/14 or AS9100 experience
- Familiarity with government part qualification pathways — Army/TACOM or DLA source approval, first article testing, TDP development per MIL-STD-31000
- Experience standing up qualification from scratch at a new site rather than inheriting a mature system

Tags: Manufacturing

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