Case Engineer

About UDC

Ultra Defense Corp (UDC) is a privately held defense company headquartered in Tampa, Florida, with domestic manufacturing facilities and operations supporting American national security interests worldwide.

For more than 15 years, UDC has built a stable and mature organization and is now entering a significant period of expansion. With a growing portfolio aligned with U.S. defense priorities, advanced technology, and domestic manufacturing, UDC offers the opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial environment backed by organizational stability and competitive benefits.

The Opportunity

The Case Engineer develops and improves manufacturing processes used to produce metallic cartridge cases across varying calibers. The role serves as a technical subject-matter resource for case-forming operations, production equipment, process safety, and manufacturing optimization. Working closely with Operations, Quality, Program Management, and external stakeholders, the position supports reliable production, product quality, and compliance with applicable energetic and industrial manufacturing requirements.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes for metallic cartridge cases, including case draw, neck, trim, ream, wash, and related operations.
• Develop and maintain work instructions, standard operating procedures, process documentation, and other forms required to support energetic and non-energetic manufacturing processes.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for metallic case manufacturing and identify/source equipment needed to process and produce metallic products.
• Set up, optimize, and support production equipment and manufacturing lines, including draw presses, forming presses, trim machines, wash lines, and other specialty equipment.
• Develop process hazard analyses and safety procedures in accordance with BATFE and OSHA requirements and support compliance with DoD 4145 energetic safety and DoD 5100 security standards.
• Conduct research, experimentation, and process development to improve component processing, performance, quality, and manufacturability.
• Create and lead non-destructive and destructive testing programs and support exploratory efforts on new munitions, devices, components, and systems.
• Support Program Management and Quality Assurance with technical reporting, Physical Configuration Audits, First Article Acceptance Tests, and Lot Acceptance Tests.

What You Bring

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in a similar engineering or manufacturing role.

• Demonstrated experience in manufacturing/process engineering.

• Strong technical troubleshooting and analytical skills.

• Experience supporting specialized production equipment and tooling.

• Ability to develop technical documentation and process controls.

Highly Desired Experience

• Small-caliber ammunition or cartridge-case manufacturing.

• Metallic drawing/forming processes.

• Draw and forming presses, trim equipment, reaming operations, and wash lines.

• Munitions manufacturing and energetic-material environments.

• Equipment design and production-line optimization.

• BATFE and OSHA requirements.

• DoD 4145 energetic safety and DoD 5100 security requirements.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will bring strong manufacturing engineering expertise and be comfortable serving as a technical resource to Operations, Quality, Program Management, and Engineering.

We are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate:

Case Manufacturing | Metal Forming | Process Engineering | Equipment Optimization | Technical Problem Solving | Safety Leadership | Quality Focus | Continuous Improvement



Location & Travel

This position is based in Kingsville, Missouri and will work primarily in office, manufacturing, and laboratory environments. Occasional travel may be required.

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to pass a BATFE background investigation and obtain Employee Possessor eligibility.

• Must comply with applicable CUI, ITAR/EAR, CMMC, cybersecurity, safety, and confidentiality requirements.

• Must be comfortable working around manufacturing equipment, metallic-forming operations, energetic materials, and required PPE.

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.

Why UDC?

This role offers the opportunity to apply specialized engineering expertise to a core manufacturing capability and directly influence process reliability, safety, product quality, and successful ammunition production and acceptance outcomes.

What UDC Offers

• Competitive Base Salary

• Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, Life & AD&D

• 401(k) & Company Match

• Company Paid Holidays

• Generous Vacation Policy

• Professional Development and Advancement Opportunities

Equal Employment Opportunity

Ultra Defense Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.