FORWARD DEPLOYED DESIGNER

UNION

Scalable UX and design-system foundations for autonomous defense-manufacturing software.

Via Flylance
CLIENT:UNION
LOCATION:Remote
YEAR:2026

Served as a forward deployed designer embedded with product management and engineering at UNION, a defense-manufacturing startup building software to modernize how factories operate.

Designed scalable experiences across three product platforms - Fabric (3D digital twin factory visualization), Faction (manufacturing operations management), and Forge (the shared design system).

3 PRODUCT PLATFORMS

Fabric - 3D Digital Twin
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Fabric - 3D Digital Twin

Designed the Fabric platform's 3D factory floor visualization.

Cell-Level Monitoring
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Cell-Level Monitoring

Designed the cell detail view where supervisors monitor individual manufacturing stations.

Station Alerts & Live Telemetry
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Station Alerts & Live Telemetry

Built the critical alert interface for individual stations.

Faction - Manufacturing Operations
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Faction - Manufacturing Operations

Designed Faction's operations dashboard showing OEE, production vs. target trends.

Process Graph & Cell Architecture
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Process Graph & Cell Architecture

Designed the process graph - a visual representation of how manufacturing cells connect.

Orders & Quality Assurance
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Orders & Quality Assurance

Built the orders management interface with Gantt timeline views.

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Theme Modes

Contributed to multi-product design-system thinking spanning shared foundations across Fabric, Faction, and Forge.

FORGE DS
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