Hadrian
Manufacturing
SiteReliabilityEngineer,Robotics
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“Site Reliability Engineer, Robotics at Hadrian. Skills: Robotics systems reliability, Kubernetes, Programming languages, Telemetry. Own reliability of robotics systems. Build interfaces to observability system”
What You'll Achieve.
Manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster; Manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 2x cheaper; Deliver complete systems instead of individual parts
Industry & Context.
Solving complex puzzles
U. S. citizen, Lawful permanent resident of the U. S., Protected individual, Eligible to obtain U. S. Department of State authorizations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Ownership of reliability of a production system, Systems Thinker, Problem Solver, Comfortable with bare metal Kubernetes, Comfortable with networking, Comfortable with GitOps workflows, Comfortable with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Programming in TypeScript, Programming in Python, Programming in Golang, Programming in C++, Communication skills
Nice to Have
Built automated or self-healing remediation at scale, Background in edge/on-prem infrastructure, Run Kubernetes at the edge (k3s, k0s, k0smotron), Managing on-prem clusters, Time-series at the edge, Air-gapped deployments, Deep understanding of Linux operating system fundamentals, Deep understanding of shipping and storing telemetry data at scale, Experience with Kafka, Experience with MQTT, Experience with RabbitMQ, Direct robotics experience, ROS/ROS2, OPC UA, EtherCAT, Motion controllers, Fleet management for autonomous systems, Self-directed, Deliver with high velocity
What You'll Do.
Own reliability of robotics systems
Build interfaces to observability system
Ingest telemetry from controls systems
Ingest telemetry from robotics systems
Leverage OpenTelemetry
Write code frameworks
Write tools for controls systems
Write tools for robotics systems
Develop diagnostic tools
Develop shared libraries for telemetry
Develop automated remediation
Partner with controls teams
Partner with robotics teams
Partner with platform engineering teams
Bake reliability into designs
Introduce reliability release gates
Push for telemetry contracts
Develop production-grade services
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with controls engineering teams; Partner with robotics engineering teams; Partner with platform engineering teams; Explain reliability tradeoffs to stakeholders
Communication Scope
Run a war room; Write a post-mortem; Explain reliability tradeoffs
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 What You’ll Do - Own the reliability of our robotics systems, from PLCs through ROS2/middleware to Kubernetes. - Build interfaces to our observability system to ingest telemetry from our controls and robotics systems. Leverage solutions such as Prometheus, Telegraf, OpenTelemetry, and Datadog. - Write code frameworks and tools to support our controls and robotics systems, including diagnostic tools, shared libraries for telemetry data, and automated remediation. - Partner with controls, robotics, and platform engineering teams to bake reliability in early. Review designs, develop SLOs and SLIs, introduce reliability release gates, and push for telemetry contracts to develop production-grade services. What We’re Looking For - Ownership. Someone who has owned the reliability of a production system where downtime had physical or operational consequences (manufacturing line, autonomous vehicle, lab automation, network operations) - Systems Thinker. Focused on understanding the relationship among various systems to design sustainable solutions,
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