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Hadrian Automation
Full time
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USA
11/13/2026
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Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities

Design and build hardware-in-the-loop test stands for robots, end effectors, sensors, and machine subsystems.
Build test frameworks covering instrument and device control, fixtures, stimulus, result schemas, and dashboards.
Integrate bench tests into CI so firmware and hardware changes are tested on real hardware before release.
Build safe interfaces for AI agents to run tests and experiments on physical hardware.
Run repeatable unattended test campaigns, analyze results with statistical confidence, and determine which questions require physical benches versus simulation.
Maintain test infrastructure as a service and support integration and acceptance testing of new automation before production.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
Strong electrical fundamentals, including bench instruments, wiring, and electrical safety.
Strong Python software engineering skills, including test frameworks, CI, and version control.
Systems engineering fundamentals, including requirements-to-test traceability and interface management.
Experience selecting, mounting, and calibrating sensors; performing data acquisition; and handling sampling, triggering, and time synchronization.
Experience flashing, debugging, and testing microcontroller firmware and integrating electromechanical systems.
Experience building automated test stands or HIL systems end to end, including instrument control over SCPI, serial, CAN, or Ethernet.
Heavy daily use of AI tools and agents, including reviewing and verifying their outputs.
Preferred experience includes mechanical fixture and test-cell design, motion-stage controls, statistical analysis or machine learning on test data, motor/drive/sensor integration, industrial robot programming, machine vision, and shared hardware/software interface definition.
Must meet applicable ITAR eligibility requirements.

Benefits

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

Salary: $268k - $321k/yr

Hadrian Automation

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 criti...

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