PCB Process Engineer — High-Throughput Aerospace Manufacturing

Location

Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

Capabilties

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.

Valued at $1.6B, 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.

Join Us in Advancing PCB Manufacturing

We are building advanced printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing capabilities by integrating materials science, precision fabrication, and high-throughput assembly into a unified production system. From substrate preparation and layer stackup through imaging, plating, assembly, and validation, we treat PCB manufacturing as a tightly controlled, multi-step process where chemical, mechanical, and electrical variables must align.

We are solving complex challenges across fabrication, surface treatment, assembly, and inspection. This requires engineers with deep expertise in PCB processes who can operate across both fabrication and assembly environments.

This is a general opportunity to engage PCB engineers with specialized experience across key process areas.

Core Specialty Areas

• PCB Fabrication & Layer Stackup: Layup, lamination, book stacking/debooking, dry film application, imaging

• Drilling & Via Formation: Mechanical drilling, laser drilling, X-ray drilling, via fill, desmear

• Plating & Metallization: Copper plating, direct metallization, surface pretreatment, planarization

• Etch & Pattern Transfer: Develop / etch / strip processes, soldermask application, screen printing

• Surface Finishes & Coatings: OSP, ENIG, HASL, ENEPIG, conformal coating

• Assembly & Interconnects: SMT assembly, connector soldering

• Inspection & Test: AOI (Automated Optical Inspection), electrical test/rework, X-ray inspection

• Material & Process Support Systems: Chemical analysis labs, mechanical analysis labs, ultrapure water systems, wastewater treatment

• Secondary & Finishing Operations: Routing, deburring, preclean, mylar peel

What You’ll Do

• Develop, qualify, and optimize PCB fabrication and/or assembly processes

• Control critical parameters across chemical, mechanical, and thermal processes to ensure yield and reliability

• Partner with manufacturing, quality, and test teams to scale stable, high-throughput production

• Define process specifications, control plans, and work instructions

• Lead root cause analysis for yield loss, defects, and reliability failures

What We’re Looking For

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent

hands-on experience

• Demonstrated expertise in PCB fabrication, assembly, or related process areas

• Strong understanding of multilayer PCB construction, materials, and failure modes

• Ability to interpret schematics, stackups, and fabrication drawings

• Experience in production environments with a focus on yield and process control

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience across both PCB fabrication and SMT assembly environments

• Strong background in chemical process control (plating, etching, surface treatment)

• Familiarity with IPC standards and high-reliability electronics manufacturing

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other high-performance electronics industries

Benefits

• 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

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., 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.

Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the Company’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion,