Business Analyst

About the role

As a Business Analyst at Hadrian, you will partner with stakeholders across operations, supply chain, and cross-functional programs to support a business scaling across many factories. You will work with large-scale manufacturing data to deliver clear, actionable insights on margins, delivery performance, and production bottlenecks. This role owns ad-hoc analysis, self-service reporting, and dashboard development. You will build and maintain scalable data models, identify data quality issues, and partner with Data Engineering to improve data reliability and pipeline performance.

Responsibilities

• Write and iterate SQL to retrieve and combine data across the Hadrian stack; document assumptions and coordinate resolution of data quality issues with Data Engineering
• Build and maintain scalable data models to support reporting, analytics, and operational decision-making
• Lead investigations with ambiguous or messy data; validate with stakeholders; summarize findings clearly
• Flag anomalies, hypothesize root causes, and document fixes and assumptions
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools to track KPIs such as throughput, yield, cycle time, on-time delivery, scrap/rework rates, and machine efficiency
• Build Retool/BI solutions that start scrappy but are maintainable — with clear owners, versioning, access controls, documentation, and monitoring
• Standardize reporting and analytics across the organization
• Cross-functional partnership:
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Special Projects, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management to identify key decisions and the data that supports them
• Translate complex operational data into meaningful insights for senior leadership
• Communicate conclusions and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Provide business cases, ROI analyses, and scenario modeling to support strategic initiatives
• Operational improvement:
• Analyze manufacturing workflows, machining throughput, and capacity utilization to identify process improvements
• Support ERP optimization and evaluate digital tools that improve traceability and compliance
• Conduct cost/variance analysis, performance forecasting, and delivery risk tracking against production targets
• Support Lean and Six Sigma initiatives, root-cause analysis, and corrective/preventive actions

Requirements

• 2–5 years of professional experience in business analysis, data analysis, or operations support
• Strong SQL skills — comfortable self-serving most questions and knowing when to ask for help
• Experience building dashboards and reporting tools that stakeholders actually use, optimized for decision-making
• Strong data validation instincts — checks for errors and avoids sloppy deliverables
• Self-directed mindset with the ability to operate in ambiguous environments and manage multiple priorities
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders; strong ability to learn domain context quickly
• Proactively identifies and executes high-leverage work; escalates issues early
• Genuine curiosity about manufacturing and Hadrian's mission; ability to learn fast

Qualifications

• Experience with dbt, Python (pandas), or modern BI/dashboarding tools
• Background in manufacturing, aerospace/defense, or supply chain analytics
• Familiarity with ERP or MES systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle) and financial/cost modeling concepts
• Working knowledge of shop floor operations, production planning, and machining processes
• Experience moving from a scrappy v1 to a stable, well-documented v2 — with hygiene around ownership, testing, and versioning

Skills

• SQL
• Data modeling
• Data validation
• Business analysis
• Reporting and analytics
• Collaboration
• Operational improvement

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
• Equity

Pay

The target salary range for this role is $120,000 - $135,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).