Business Operations Analyst, Special Projects

Company: Hadrian Automation
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: February 21, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture things like 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 last summer a $260 million dollar Series C and earlier this year a series C2 to accelerate this mission. We are excited to launch 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 the naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts. Hadrian collaborates with startups, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and major defense contractors across aerospace, shipbuilding, and aviation to scale production, reduce costs, and expedite 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! What You’ll Do: Collaborate with Special Projects leaders and cross-functional partners to identify the decisions we need to make and what data/tools will support them Write and iterate SQL to retrieve and combine data across the Hadrian stack for analysis/reporting (joins, aggregation, sanity checks); document assumptions; coordinate resolution of data quality issues or new requirements with Data Engineering Build and iterate dashboards that enable leaders to understand program health and act quickly Lead/assist investigations with ambiguous or messy data; validate with stakeholders; summarize findings crisply Develop Retool/BI solutions that start scrappy but are built to be maintainable (clear owners, versioning, access controls, documentation, testing/sanity checks, monitoring where applicable) and can be handed off or scaled Flags anomalies, hypothesizes root causes, coordinates resolution with Data Eng stakeholders, and documents the fix/assumption Communicate conclusions and recommendations clearly to non-technical and technical audiences; drive next steps Preferred Background: 2 years of professional industry experience Ability to self-serve most questions in SQL and knows when to ask for help Experience building dashboards/tools that stakeholders actually use; optimizes for decision-making Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders; strong culture fit and learns domain context quickly; above-average retention and synthesis Validates data; checks for errors; avoids sloppy deliverables Owns mistakes and fixes them; escalates issues early Proactively identifies and executes high-leverage work Understands how real-world ops/program execution maps to data and metrics Can move from scrappy v1 to stable v2/v3 with hygiene (docs, checks, owners) Interest in Manufacturing & Hadrian: Demonstrates genuine curiosity, motivation for the mission, and ability to learn fast Benefits: 100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees 401k Relocation stipend if you’re moving from outside of LA 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, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics. 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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