Full-Stack Engineer — MES/MRP for Defense Tech

Firestorm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Equity grants

Unlimited PTO

Generous holiday calendar

Lifestyle Spending Account

FSA/DCFSA/HSA

Job summary

Firestorm in San Diego is building the future of expeditionary defense manufacturing and autonomous systems. We seek a true Full Stack Engineer to build Crucible features across MES, MRP, production planning, inventory, and supply chain workflows for a deployable manufacturing network.

You will design and implement end-to-end solutions, partner with manufacturing and supply chain teams, and help shape how manufacturing software should operate in edge, cloud, and air-gapped environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and shipping full-stack software.
• U.S. person required due to ITAR regulations.
• Experience building MES, MRP/ERP, production planning, supply chain, inventory, PLM, or other manufacturing software.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and production operations gained through building or operating software in the domain.
• Strong experience with TypeScript, React, and modern backend development.
• Strong relational data modeling and SQL fundamentals.
• Experience taking complex operational workflows from problem definition through shipped software.
• Strong written and verbal communication across engineering and operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Build manufacturing software end-to-end—data model, API, frontend, tests, rollout.
• Design production workflows—work orders, routings, BOMs, inventory, scheduling, production state.
• Bring domain experience into the product—model and solve manufacturing and supply chain problems.
• Build for operators—Develop React interfaces for technicians, planners, supervisors, engineers, etc.
• Own the data model—design relational models that accurately reflect manufacturing state.
• Work directly with the factory—partner with manufacturing and supply chain teams to translate processes into product capabilities.
• Raise the engineering bar—contribute to architecture, code review, testing, and best practices across the team.

Skills

Full-stack software development

ITAR compliance

MES / MRP / ERP experience

Production planning / supply chain

TypeScript / React / backend

Relational data modeling / SQL

Operational workflow design

Communication skills

Job description

Firestorm in San Diego is building the future of expeditionary defense manufacturing and autonomous systems. We seek a true Full Stack Engineer to build Crucible features across MES, MRP, production planning, inventory, and supply chain workflows for a deployable manufacturing network.

You will design and implement end-to-end solutions, partner with manufacturing and supply chain teams, and help shape how manufacturing software should operate in edge, cloud, and air-gapped environments.