--- title: 'Account Director at Hadrian Automation' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/account-director-hadrian-automation-mesa-gaygjc5w1hf0' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-27' --- # Account Director at Hadrian Automation - **Company:** [Hadrian Automation](https://feeny.ai/companies/hadrian-automation) - **Location:** Mesa, AZ - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hadrian-automation/5beb4d54-98c6-4b57-a9ea-e851c35339c5 ## Job description Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for. ## The Role We are in search of senior sales and customer business development professionals with the drive to build strong, value-driven relationships with market leaders that support our growth objectives. This role reports to the Director of Sales and calls for an experienced strategic enterprise seller — someone with a substantial track record in high-level, strategic sales roles at manufacturing companies who embraces the value of planning, process, and execution against company and customer goals. This person is naturally driven to develop value-based relationships with customer executives, to build and execute co-developed strategic growth plans, and to work cross-functionally with both internal teams and customer stakeholders to deliver against those plans. Hadrian has strong access to stakeholders at Space and Defense primes, and a clear path to turn proof-of-concept manufacturing at the business-unit level into transformation programs at the corporate executive level. We start with executives who champion strategic supply-chain change, then work throughout the organization to define value, co-develop strategic growth plans, and execute. Success in this role depends on fluency in how Aerospace and Defense suppliers are qualified and onboarded. The right candidate understands the requirements and cadence behind AS9100 certification, quality audits, and business assessments; the handling and compliance demands of ITAR; and the qualification gates that govern new work, including First Article Inspections (FAIs) and Production Part Approval Processes (PPAPs). They are comfortable navigating multi-year commitments and the contractual flowdowns that accompany defense programs, and they can speak credibly to these topics with both customers and internal teams. What Hadrian Offers - Greenfield opportunity with customers that currently spend $100M–$3B annually at existing vendors we are disrupting - Ability to sell two “products” where we have fundamental speed and cost advantages over legacy competitors - Strong brand awareness and market momentum with natural industry tailwinds - A highly energized, driven, and team-oriented company culture - Equity incentives - An opportunity to help strengthen America’s supply chain and readiness ## What We're Looking For - A proven track record in high-level, strategic sales roles at manufacturing companies, with the technical credibility to build trust around custom, build-to-print, precision manufacturing - Working knowledge of Aerospace and Defense qualification and onboarding — AS9100, quality audits and business assessments, ITAR, First Article Inspections, PPAPs, multi-year commitments, and contractual flowdowns - Experience developing and closing multi-million-dollar contracts with Space and Defense primes and their suppliers - A working model of cross-functional customer planning and process-based strategic enterprise selling - Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders — from executive leaders to buyers, quality, and design engineers, and across a customer’s own supply-chain, program, and quality organizations - Deep working knowledge of supply chain and precision manufacturing — sufficient to earn technical trust with engineers and executives alike - Hardware, services, and/or infrastructure sales background - High EQ and IQ, with the ability to grasp real customer pain points and opportunities and construct a plan to solution and execute against them - Ability to drive multi-year engagements with customers (e.g., start with one division, then three, then the entire company) - Enjoys a fast-paced, high-expectation environment - A true team player, driven by creating customer and company impact What Will Set You Apart - Strong industry relationships that will support your success at Hadrian - Strong technical acumen and prior experience selling digital, Cloud, ERP, or other large transformation programs into Space / Defense primes - Founder mentality - High EQ ## Benefits for Full-time Employees - Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees 401k - Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need. - Flexible vacation policy - Equity ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, 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. Learn more about the ITAR here. Use of AI in hiring Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our [Privacy Policy](https://www.hadrian.co/privacy-policy). Consideration of Criminal History Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. ## About Hadrian Automation ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Hadrian builds AI-powered autonomous factories to manufacture precision components for the aerospace and defense industries, aiming to reindustrialize American manufacturing. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, USA - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Chris Power ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing - **Target Customers**: B2B; startups, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and major defense contractors across space, shipbuilding, and aviation. - **Mission/Purpose**: To rebuild America’s industrial base with highly automated factories that combine process engineering, AI, and robotics, helping space and defense manufacturers produce at scale in the U.S. and giving American workers the tools to compete globally. ## Products & Services - **Precision Components Manufacturing**: Produces precision parts for aerospace and defense customers, from prototype to production. - **Opus (Factory Autonomy Platform)**: A full-stack, AI-powered platform that interprets legacy designs and automates manufacturing and inspection processes, enabling world-class speed, quality, and utilization. - **Factories-as-a-Service**: Dedicated manufacturing or inspection cells deployed in Hadrian facilities or customer sites, as well as entire product, assembly, and component factories designed and operated by Hadrian. - **Atlas Supply Chain Platform**: A "Supply Chain as a Service" offering that gives customers a single, scalable path from early development through full-rate production, managing end-to-end procurement across a vetted network of suppliers. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$363.95M** across 8 rounds. - **Revenue**: Annual revenue estimated at **$3.0M** (per LinkedIn). - **Notable Investors**: Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, T. Rowe Price (led Series C). - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount of **325 employees** (as of recent data), with **+112.9% YoY growth**. - **156 active job postings** (as of mid-2026), with job postings up **+457.1% YoY**. - Opened a new 270,000 sq ft factory in Mesa, AZ (Factory 3), creating 350 new jobs. - Unveiled **Factory Four**, a 2.2 million sq ft facility in Huntsville, AL. - Launched **Hadrian Maritime** to serve naval production. - Acquired **Datum Source** (2024) to strengthen supply chain capabilities. - Added veteran security and defense leaders (Caleb Sima as CSO, Wallis Laughrey as VP of Munitions) in June 2026. ## Competitive Advantages - **Full-Stack Automation**: Their AI-powered "Opus" platform automates the entire manufacturing and inspection process, reducing reliance on skilled labor and increasing speed. - **Speed & Cost**: Claims to deliver parts up to 10x faster and 2x cheaper than the legacy defense industrial base. - **New American Workforce**: Their system trains factory technicians in 30 days or less, solving the skilled labor shortage. - **Flexible Capacity**: Offers a "Factory-as-a-Service" model, providing dedicated facilities or production lines integrated into customer sites, reducing overhead for clients. - **Deep Defense & Space Focus**: A clear, singular focus on the most demanding and high-stakes manufacturing challenges in the U.S., creating a strong moat. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling Production Capacity**: Rapidly expanding factory footprint (Torrance, Mesa, Huntsville) to meet surging demand from defense and space programs. - **Broadening Capabilities**: Expanding into new domains like naval production (Hadrian Maritime) and munitions. - **Deepening the Tech Stack**: Continuing to invest in Opus and the Atlas platform to drive further automation and efficiency. - **National Security Mission**: Positioning itself as a critical partner in reindustrializing the U.S. defense industrial base. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven**: A clear and compelling mission to rebuild America’s industrial base and enable a free, abundant, spacefaring future. - **High-Growth Environment**: Explosive growth (headcount up 113% YoY) with hundreds of open roles across engineering, manufacturing, and business functions. - **Impactful Work**: Directly contribute to building the factories and software that produce critical components for rockets, satellites, jets, and ships. - **Culture of Solving Hard Problems**: The company explicitly seeks people who "solve hard problems" across software, hardware, and operations. - **Locations**: Major hubs in **Los Angeles, CA**; **Mesa, AZ**; and **Washington D.C.**, with a new massive facility in **Huntsville, AL**. - **Diverse Roles**: Actively hiring for Software Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Robotics Engineers, Technicians, and business talent. - **Backing**: Strong financial backing from top-tier VC firms (a16z, Founders Fund, Lux Capital), providing stability and resources. ## Sources 1. [hadrian.co](https://www.hadrian.co/) 2. [hadrian.co/about](https://www.hadrian.co/about) 3. [hadrian.co/careers](https://www.hadrian.co/careers) 4. [linkedin.com/company/hadrianautomation](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hadrianautomation) 5. 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