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Spencer Burns

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Director of Engineering, Manufacturing Automation at Hadrian
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Spencer Burns is the Director of Engineering for Manufacturing Automation at Hadrian, where he scales production systems by integrating CNC machining, robotics, and software. His expertise is built on experience at Meta, where he was a founding member of the Area 404 hardware lab, and Teslas rapid prototyping team. Colleagues describe him as dependable and highly knowledgeable.

He is a graduate of Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering, Manufacturing Automation
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Manufacturing Automation
Leads teams responsible for developing the automated production capabilities that power Hadrian's factories, focusing on CNC systems, robotics, and software-enabled manufacturing.
Scaling Factories
His work focuses on creating the infrastructure and operating models that allow complex manufacturing environments to scale reliably across multiple products and factories.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Director of Engineering, Manufacturing Automation
Hadrian
8-2021 - 4-2024
Head of Application Engineering
Hadrian
1-2016 - 8-2021
Prototyping Engineer
Meta
2-2014 - 1-2016
Sr. R&D CNC Programmer
Tesla
3-2011 - 2-2014
Lead CNC Programmer
3 Points Aviation
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Education
2005 - 2007
Diploma
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
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Earl of March Secondary School
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