Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Union Technologies is reindustrializing America's defense manufacturing from our Dallas headquarters. We're hiring a Forward Deployed Software Engineer—a Swiss-army-knife operator who will own deployments end-to-end, plug gaps in the field, and do what it takes to get lines running. If you're as comfortable on a factory floor as you are in a Linux shell, we should talk.

Responsibilities

• Land and activate complex cells: take custom equipment from dock-to-production with our on-prem SCADA and MES software integrations
• Own deployments: plan, install, configure, harden, and validate software in air-gapped/OT-constrained environments; create and execute cutover and rollback plans.
• Close the last mile: write custom Python scripts to glue systems, transform data, automate operators' workflows, and back-fill vendor gaps.
• Crush the punch list: execute Factory/Site Acceptance Test (FAT/SAT) punch lists; attend tests as needed; turn findings into fixes fast.
• Commissioning assist: step past the boundary of controls when needed—pair with controls engineers to troubleshoot PLC/field I/O, networks, and timing.
• Make it observable: Drive the roadmap on high value logging/metrics/tracing
• De-risk scale: Identify high touch deployment processes and drive towards automation so the 2nd, 5th, and 10th deployments get easier.

Requirements

• Python as a daily driver for automation, data munging, and quick services (CLI tools, REST/messaging glue).
• Linux + CLI proficiency (systemd, networking tools, filesystems, SSH, packaging, containers/Docker).
• Industrial integrations: hands-on with one or more—Ignition, OPC UA, Modbus, EtherNet/IP, MQTT, or similar.
• Networks in the wild: VLANs, NAT, VPNs, DHCP/DNS, L2/L3 troubleshooting (pcap/arping/tcpdump)
• Ownership under pressure: you've owned the success of a mission critical operation.

Bonus Qualifications

• Ignition SCADA systems; Grafana/Prometheus/ELK; Timeseries DBs
• PLC familiarity (Allen-Bradley/Siemens)
• OPC UA modeling, MQTT Sparkplug B, historian pipelines, or OT-friendly cybersecurity practices.
• Experience deploying software in air-gapped or highly regulated environments.

Join the Mission. We'll Handle the Move.

Exceptional talent shouldn't be bound by geography. If you're ready to relocate to Dallas, TX and join us in reindustrializing America's defense backbone, we'll make it easy—and for those who move quickly, additional incentives may be available.