Location
Long Beach or Torrance, California, United States. Onsite manufacturing work with frequent standing, walking, bending, handling tools and materials, and occasional extended or weekend hours.
Salary
$116,420–$160,080 USD per year.
Company
Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing systems for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.
What you will do
•Lead daily print operations across a growing fleet of Monolith LPBF additive manufacturing systems.
•Own safety, quality, throughput, delivery, build-plate execution, and operational performance metrics.
•Hire, train, coach, and develop additive manufacturing technicians and future frontline leaders.
•Establish standardized work, qualification programs, audits, documentation, and cross-shift execution standards.
•Improve printer utilization, labor efficiency, yield, consumable usage, and production cost.
•Lead structured problem solving and corrective actions with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Program teams.
Requirements
•Must be able to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
•Demonstrated success leading complex manufacturing operations in high-performance production environments.
•Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing technical teams.
•Experience using manufacturing data and operational metrics to drive decisions and measurable results.
•Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, risk-management, and root-cause-resolution skills.
•Ability to work in a manufacturing environment and lift up to 40 lbs independently or 50 lbs with assistance; required PPE and company uniform apply.
Nice to have
•Leadership experience in metal additive or other advanced manufacturing environments.
•Experience with Laser Powder Bed Fusion production systems.
•Experience with aerospace manufacturing standards, including AS9100 and NADCAP.
Culture & Benefits
•Fast-paced, mission-driven, collaborative, and high-performing manufacturing environment.
•Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, and a year-end shutdown.
•Paid parental leave and comprehensive HMO or Premium PPO health benefits.
•Company-sponsored life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, equity, and incentive bonus opportunities.
•Learning and development reimbursement with an emphasis on data-driven continuous improvement.
