Senior Counsel, Export Controls & Cybersecurity

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.

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

THE ROLE

The Senior Counsel, Export Controls & Cybersecurity will serve as Hadrian’s subject-matter expert on ITAR, export controls, sanctions, and cybersecurity compliance, responsible for designing, implementing, and enforcing a scalable compliance framework across the company.

This is a high-impact role for an experienced in-house attorney or specialist law firm practitioner who has operated as the primary export compliance owner for a regulated business. You will partner closely with executive leadership, engineering, IT, security, HR, and operations to enable growth while ensuring compliance across hiring, travel, data access, technology controls, and cybersecurity obligations in a highly regulated advanced manufacturing environment.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Serve as Hadrian’s primary legal owner for ITAR, EAR, sanctions, and export-related compliance

- Design, implement, and continuously improve Hadrian’s export compliance program, policies, and internal controls

- Draft, enforce, and maintain policies related to:

- ITAR / EAR co...