Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering

Job overview

The Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineering role is onsite in Bodega Bay, CA, with compensation of $300,000–$415,000 per year. Hadrian builds autonomous factories and manufacturing technology for aerospace and defense customers. The role leads Forward Deployed teams working on critical customer programs. The director owns technical outcomes and delivery across programs, translating customer needs into product and deployment decisions. The role also scales the team and feeds program learnings back into Hadrian’s products to improve solutions for current and future customers.

What you'll do

• Own technical roadmaps and end-to-end delivery, moving programs from early scoping to production deployment. Share program learnings across the business and guide which Forward Deployed products are shipped. Serve as primary technical owner for customer program leadership, government stakeholders, and prime partners
• lead technical reviews and decisions. Hire and develop engineers, product managers, and designers, and remain hands-on as programs evolve.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior director

forward deployed engineering

engineering leadership

technical roadmap

program delivery

customer programs

government stakeholders

defense primes

ai

manufacturing

bodega bay ca

$300k–$415k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k)
• flexible vacation policy
• equity. Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.

Why this role

Leadership role spanning customer programs with government, Armed Forces, and defense primes. The posting seeks a hands-on technical leader with experience scaling engineering and product teams and shipping products from 0 to 1. ITAR eligibility requirements apply.

About the employer

Hadrian Automation is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.