Machine Learning Engineer - LLMs
Hadrian AutomationBase Salary
$160k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Research, develop, and deploy fine-tuned language models for document classification, key information extraction, table parsing, and multi-page or multi-document reasoning.
- Build and maintain annotation tooling with the core engineering team.
- Implement active learning loops and synthetic data augmentation strategies.
- Develop evaluation frameworks that quantify system behavior and user impact beyond accuracy and character error rate.
- Collaborate with the machine learning team to define technical and product roadmaps for the AI platform.
- Own the ML lifecycle for language models used to understand manufacturing data packages.
- Improve long-tail model performance to generate substantial factory time savings.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of professional AI/ML experience, including at least 2 years working directly with large language models through fine-tuning, RLHF/DPO, or pre-training.
- Strong fluency in Python and PyTorch, including the ability to create custom training loops, loss functions, and data loaders.
- Experience shipping models to production and owning endpoint and model health.
- A master’s or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field is preferred; equivalent industry experience is valued equally.
- Experience with layout-aware models is especially valued.
- Published research, state-of-the-art results on relevant benchmarks, or contributions to open-source frameworks are beneficial.
- Prior aerospace, defense, or manufacturing experience and familiarity with manufacturing data are beneficial.
- Experience in a high-ownership startup environment is beneficial.
- Applicants must meet applicable U.S. ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans are provided for full-time employees.
- 401k is provided.
- Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Equity.
- The role is subject to U.S. ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements.
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About 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 critical parts. We recently raised $260 million dollar Series C to accelerate this mission. We are excited to be launching a new Factory in Mesa, Arizona, a 270,000 square foot facility that will create 350 new jobs immediately. We are opening a new headquarters to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to serve naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts. Hadrian works with startups, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and major defense contractors across space, shipbuilding, and aviation to scale production, reduce costs, and accelerate delivery on mission-critical programs. We are backed by leading investors including Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz. Our fast-growing team is united by a shared mission to reindustrialize American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond! Check out open career opportunities using the link below: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hadrian-automation