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IT Engineer

Hadrian Automation

Cherokee, AL Full-time$120k–$170k / year Posted 11d ago
Below market. This role pays below the $185k median for similar USD roles (1037 comparable postings in our corpus).
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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. About the Role Hadrian is building a new precision manufacturing facility in Cherokee, Alabama. We're looking for an IT Engineer to assist in day-to-day IT operations at F4 and serve as the face of IT for the entire site. This is a hands-on role with real ownership: you'll manage endpoints, support facility employees and production staff, maintain local infrastructure, serve as the point person for day-2 vendors, and help visiting employees from other sites resolve issues while they're on-site. You'll report to our IT Manager and work closely with a central team covering infrastructure, cybersecurity, network, and systems functions across all Hadrian sites. What You'll Do Site Operations * Own all on-site IT support for facility employees and production staff * Manage device lifecycle using Hadrian's asset management and MDM tools * Manage your ticket queue in Jira Service Management and drive issues to resolution * Maintain local network and infrastructure health; escalate to central infrastructure teams as needed * Serve as the on-call escalation point for F4 on-site support needs; local team headcount is expected to grow as the facility scales Construction Support * Support the IT buildout of the F4 facility in partnership with the Factory Deployment IT Lead and central IT teams * Coordinate with facilities and construction on-site during construction to confirm electrical and low-voltage vendors are placing infrastructure correctly, and provide regular status updates * Receive, stage, and deploy endpoint hardware, peripherals, and AV/conferencing equipment Onboarding, Offboarding, and Staffing * Own IT onboarding and offboarding for all employees at the site: hardware setup/retrieval, account provisioning/deprovisioning, access grants, and Day 1 readiness * Serve as the on-site point of contact for IT questions and walkthroughs for new hires * Hire, train, and lead a local IT team as the facility scales Security and Compliance * Enforce Hadrian's security tooling and policies on-site: EDR, MDM, and IAM * Support CMMC Level 2 compliance requirements for CUI handling at the facility * Coordinate with central IT and InfoSec on incidents, vulnerability remediation, and compliance reviews Vendor and Asset Management * Manage local vendor relationships, hardware maintenance contracts, and ISP coordination * Maintain accurate asset inventory for all on-site IT equipment * Manage shipping and receiving of IT and infrastructure materials (switches, WAPs, and similar equipment) What We're Looking For * High degree of independence and accountability - this role works without a local IT manager to lean on, and needs to be self-reliant, self-driven, and proactive rather than reactive * High degree of ownership - drives issues to resolution without waiting to be asked * Strong networking fundamentals: LAN/WAN, VLANs, firewall administration, Wi-Fi * Endpoint management experience with Intune, Mosyle, or FleetDM * Familiarity with Okta for identity and access management * Experience owning employee IT onboarding end to end * Comfortable operating as a remote extension of a distributed team * Manufacturing or industrial environment experience strongly preferred * CMMC, ITAR, and CUI handling experience a plus 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.   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.

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