Design Engineer

Union Technologies is reindustrializing America’s defense manufacturing base with a first-of-its-kind Factories-as-a-Stockpile™ model, integrating advanced robotics, manufacturing, and software into sovereign factory systems at scale. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, UNION is dedicated to restoring America’s industrial strength and guaranteeing deterrence for the century ahead.

We recently emerged from stealth with $50M in funding led by top-tier venture investors and strategic partners. Read more in our Press Release https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/union-the-wests-new-arsenal-of-national-security-lethalitythe-worlds-newest-manufacturing-superpower-302443156.html

As a Design Engineer your primary responsibility is to develop and release manufacturable mechanical designs for high performance, defense grade metal components, production tooling, fixtures, and related equipment. This role translates technical requirements into accurate 3D models, drawings, and specifications, working closely with manufacturing, quality, and process engineering to bring designs from concept through qualification and production. A successful Design Engineer takes a hands on approach to solving design challenges, balances performance with manufacturability, and maintains disciplined configuration control in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities:

- Develop detailed 3D models, assemblies, production drawings, and specifications for precision metal components, tooling, and manufacturing fixtures - Translate customer technical data, design requirements, and production constraints into practical, manufacturable engineering solutions - Create and maintain CAD models, drawings, bills of materials (BOMs), and engineering documentation using SolidWorks - Apply GD&T per ASME Y14.5 and establish clear dimensional, tolerance, material, and surface finish requirements - Collaborate with process, manufacturing, quality, and inspection teams to support design for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA) - Design and refine work holding, gauges, tooling, and fixtures for CNC machining, forging, inspection, and automated production cells - Support design reviews, engineering change requests, drawing releases, and revision control through established PDM processes - Resolve drawing interpretation questions and address design related issues identified during prototype builds, commissioning, and production - Support first article inspections (FAI), dimensional inspections, technical reviews, and product qualification activities - Evaluate tolerances, stack ups, material selections, and component interfaces to improve quality, repeatability, and manufacturing yield - Coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders on component designs, tooling requirements, technical deviations, and corrective actions - Other duties as assigned