Tech Lead, Offensive Security

The Role:

As our Tech Lead overseeing Offensive Security, you will build and lead Hadrian’s offensive security capability from the ground up. Hadrian’s software-defined, ITAR-controlled factories are a high-value target, and your job is to find what an adversary would find first — across our manufacturing software, robotics and OT, cloud, corporate systems, physical devices, and AI. This is a hands-on principal role for someone who has done elite red-team work and wants to own an entire offensive function.

What You’ll Do

• Build and run Hadrian’s offensive security function: red-team operations, penetration testing, and adversary emulation across software, robotics/OT, cloud, and physical devices.
• Perform reverse engineering and vulnerability research on firmware, embedded controllers, and third-party components in our manufacturing environment.
• Develop AI-driven offensive tooling to scale coverage, and assess the security of Hadrian’s own AI and autonomy systems.
• Drive findings to remediation with engineering and the blue team, run purple-team exercises, and measure risk reduction over time.
• Represent Hadrian’s security posture to customers, auditors, and DoD stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For

• Deep, hands-on red-team and penetration-testing experience at a top-tier engineering organization (e.g., Block, Stripe, Anthropic, Google, AWS).
• Strong reverse engineering skills (Ghidra, IDA Pro, or Binary Ninja) and a track record of finding and weaponizing real vulnerabilities.
• Proficiency building offensive tooling in Python, Go, or C/C++ and leveraging AI to accelerate offensive work.
• Ability to operate fully autonomously — set strategy and own outcomes without a team beneath you at the start.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR.

What Will Set You Apart

• Hardware, embedded, or OT/ICS security experience (JTAG/UART, firmware extraction, industrial protocols).
• Recognized external presence — talks at DEF CON, Black Hat, or Recon, and published research or CVEs.
• Experience attacking or securing AI and agentic systems.
• Background in aerospace, defense, robotics, or manufacturing.
• Experience standing up a red team or offensive program from zero.

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 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.