Jobs at Daniel Defense, LLC

Maintains fixed assets, reconciles prepaid, accrual, debt, and tax accounts, prepares sales and federal excise tax returns, analyzes expense trends, explains variances, and supports external and bank audits. The role also contributes to safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement initiatives. It may supervise junior accountants and requires strong analytical, organizational, Excel, ERP, and problem-solving skills in a manufacturing environment.

Manages DanielDefense.com’s online assortment, merchandising, product launches, third-party product lifecycle, and vendor relationships. Uses sales, inventory, and customer data to identify assortment, cross-selling, and performance opportunities. Coordinates with internal teams, distributors, dealers, and vendors; negotiates pricing and terms; maintains product data; and supports promotions, bundles, and co-marketing. The role is on-site and requires firearms product knowledge, strong Excel skills, organization, communication, and legal eligibility to handle firearms and ammunition.

Designs, programs, configures, and troubleshoots PLC-based industrial automation systems, HMIs, robotic integrations, and electrical controls. Develops standardized controls practices, supports equipment commissioning, interprets electrical schematics, and verifies panel and installation compliance. The role operates in a manufacturing environment and requires collaboration across multiple projects, adherence to safety and quality standards, and continuous process improvement.

Performs accounts payable processing, including invoice entry, three-way matching, vendor payments, employee expense reimbursements, reconciliations, journal entries, credit applications, royalty payments, and vendor master data reviews. Maintains accounting records and supports month-end close while ensuring compliance with US GAAP and company policies. Requires attention to detail, ERP and Microsoft Office proficiency, and the ability to manage deadlines in a manufacturing environment.

Plans and integrates manufacturing machinery and equipment, develops CNC programs, designs fixtures and workholding solutions, and supports machining operations. Conducts capability studies, troubleshoots and runs off CNC equipment, evaluates equipment needs, oversees installations, and contributes to process improvement. Mentors engineers and machinists in machining, fixture design, workholding, and programming while managing multiple projects and supporting safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives.

Own and develop the Magento ecommerce platform, including storefront code, administration, infrastructure, integrations, analytics, performance, security, and reliability. Manage AWS and Linux environments, deployments, monitoring, APIs, checkout configuration, and compliance functionality for firearms commerce. Direct an external Magento agency, review technical solutions and code, oversee releases, and maintain documentation and incident procedures. The role also supports experimentation, ecommerce tracking, Core Web Vitals, and platform integrations with business systems.

Leads the ideation, development, positioning, and go-to-market execution of limited-edition and custom products. Conducts customer and market research, defines product requirements, supports the new product roadmap, develops messaging and content, trains Sales and Marketing teams, and collaborates with Engineering, Product Development, Operations, and external partners. The role also presents product stories internally and externally and supports product launches, with 15–25% annual travel.

Develops, tests, audits, and improves manufacturing processes, equipment layouts, tooling, workflows, and quality systems in a metalworking environment. Analyzes production, labor, and material costs; maintains process documentation and ERP engineering masters; coordinates equipment maintenance; trains machinists and operators; and supports safety, quality, delivery, and productivity initiatives. Requires knowledge of GD&T, SolidWorks or Mastercam, manufacturing practices, project management, and regulatory compliance.

Plans and executes quality assurance and control activities for manufacturing processes and products. Analyzes quality data, develops inspection methods and process control plans, supports engineering changes and first article inspections, and leads root-cause analysis, corrective actions, capability studies, and continuous improvement initiatives. Partners with Engineering and Operations to improve process controls, trains personnel on quality tools, and maintains performance metrics and quality documentation.

Leads manufacturing engineering operations, supporting new product development, production, process improvement, lean manufacturing, cost reduction, CNC programming, tooling, and corrective actions. Manages and develops engineering team members, ensures project milestones and safety goals, designs workholding solutions in CAD, improves manufacturing layouts and workflows, and collaborates with research, quality, and maintenance teams to improve production efficiency, quality, delivery, and cost.