Hadrian

aerospace and defense

PrincipalInfrastructureEngineer

$250–320k Los Angeles, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Principal Infrastructure Engineer at Hadrian. Skills: infrastructure platform, cloud, edge, factory-floor systems, multi-cluster Kubernetes architecture, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, GitOps, networking, monitoring, observability, edge computing, IoT. Define the technical direction for the infrastructure platform powering automated manufacturing across multiple factory sites. Shape the architecture spanning cloud, edge, and factory-floor systems”

What You'll Achieve.

help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper; accelerating our mission with the launch of Factory 3 in Mesa, Arizona; expanding Hadrian Maritime to expand into naval production; introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts; reindustrializing American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond; built platforms that engineers love to use; grown the people around them; Not just shipped impressive infrastructure, but made everyone else's infrastructure better too; automation that eliminates recurring toil

Industry & Context.

aerospace and defense
Problems you'll solve

simplified complex systems at org scale; History of reducing complexity, not just adding capability; Identify systemic operational gaps and drive automation that eliminates recurring toil; Demonstrated ability to simplify systems and retire tools that no longer serve the org

Eligibility Requirements

Participate in on-call rotation and incident response, U. S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U. S. , protected individual as defined by 8 U. S. C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U. S. Department of State (ITAR Requirements)

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10-15+ years in infrastructure or platform engineering, Expert-level infrastructure design across cloud, containers, and networking, Can go from architecture whiteboard to production implementation, and has done it repeatedly, Deep Terraform/IaC skills with module development and testing experience, Production Kubernetes experience including troubleshooting, scaling, and multi-cluster patterns, security instincts: threat modeling, least privilege, compliance fundamentals, Track record of building reusable patterns that other engineers adopt, History of reducing complexity, not just adding capability, documentation and communication skills, Comfortable mentoring teammates and sharing knowledge

Nice to Have

Experience defining infrastructure strategy and technical direction for an engineering org, Track record of driving platform adoption across multiple teams without direct authority, Background operating at scale: multi-site deployments, 20+ consuming teams, or similarly demanding environments, History of mentoring senior engineers into technical leaders, Deep experience with architecture trade-offs in hybrid cloud/edge environments, Demonstrated ability to simplify systems and retire tools that no longer serve the org

What You'll Do.

Define the technical direction for the infrastructure platform powering automated manufacturing across multiple factory sites

Shape the architecture spanning cloud

and factory-floor systems

and engineering culture that the entire organization builds on

Drive a multi-cluster Kubernetes architecture decision

Pair on a Terraform module that makes it real

Design and implement cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform/OpenTofu

Build and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS in cloud

Build CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows with GitHub Actions and ArgoCD

Develop reusable infrastructure patterns: Terraform modules

Architect networking between sites

Implement monitoring and observability with Prometheus/Grafana and Datadog

Support edge computing and IoT device deployments on factory floors

Drive build-vs-buy decisions and technology evaluations

Establish engineering standards and best practices

Represent infrastructure in cross-functional architecture reviews

Make architecture decisions under ambiguity and document them as ADRs

Identify systemic operational gaps and drive automation that eliminates recurring toil

Participate in on-call rotation and incident response

Write clear documentation and runbooks

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Represent infrastructure in cross-functional architecture reviews; Mentoring teammates and sharing knowledge; Driving platform adoption across multiple teams without direct authority

Communication Scope

documentation and communication skills; Write clear documentation and runbooks

Full Job Description

Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper. By combining advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we are reinventing how America produces its most critical parts. We’re accelerating our mission with the launch of Factory 3 in Mesa, Arizona, a 290,000-square-foot facility creating 350 new jobs. We are expanding rapidly to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to expand into naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts. Hadrian is backed by leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz, our fast-growing team is united around reindustrializing American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond. The Role: In this role you'll define the technical direction for the infrastructure platform powering automated manufacturing across multiple factory sites. You'll shape the architecture spanning cloud, edge, and factory-floor systems, setting the standards, patterns, and engineering culture that the entire organization builds on. You'll move fluidly between strategy and implementation: one day driving a multi-cluster Kubernetes architecture decision, the next pairing on a Terraform module that makes it real. This role demands someone who has simplified complex systems at org scale, built platforms that engineers love to use, and grown the people around them. Not just shipped impressive infrastructure, but made everyone else's infrastructure better too. What You’ll Do - Design and implement cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform/OpenTofu - Build and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS in cloud, K0s/K3s at the edge) - Build CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows with GitHub Actions and ArgoCD - Develop reusable infrastructure patterns: Terraform modules

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