Metallurgist

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

POSITION SUMMARY

The Metallurgist is responsible for providing technical expertise in materials science and metallurgical processes to support UNION’s manufacturing operations, quality assurance, and product development. As UNION scales its Factories-as-a-Stockpile™ model for defense and industrial production, this role plays a critical part in ensuring material integrity, qualifying new processes, and resolving metallurgical issues across a facility built for continuous readiness and rapid retooling.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Define alloy chemistries, heat-treat cycles, and processing parameters to meet strength, toughness, and fatigue requirements for defense and high-reliability applications.

- Evaluate and characterize raw materials, forgings, castings, and finished components using metallurgical analysis techniques including microscopy, hardness testing, and tensile/impact evaluation.

- Lead first-article inspections and metallurgical evaluations to ensure compliance with military, aerospace, and customer-specific standards.

- Implement statistical process control (SPC) and statistical analyses (CpK/PpK) using tools such as Minitab or JMP to monitor and drive improvement of metallurgical processes.

- Establish and maintain welding and joining procedures (WPS/PQR) for ferrous a...