Location
Torrance, California, United States; onsite role
Salary
$221,130–$305,430 USD per year
Company
Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing systems for demanding automotive, aerospace, and defense applications.
What you will do
•Lead delivery of electrical, PLC, HMI, SCADA, motion control, robotics, and machine-safety systems from requirements through validated production release.
•Set technical direction for controls architecture, technology platforms, engineering standards, reusable libraries, and configuration management across machines and factories.
•Define the roadmap for industrial robotics, autonomous machine operation, and advanced factory automation.
•Drive improvements in reliability, maintainability, functional safety, regulatory compliance, productivity, and production readiness.
•Build and develop a high-performing engineering organization through hiring, coaching, delegation, and technical leadership.
•Align engineering execution with Machine Development, R&D, Supply Chain, Production, Service, and other operational teams.
Requirements
•Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
•Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
•10+ years of experience in industrial automation, controls, robotics, or complex automated equipment development.
•Experience leading engineering organizations and delivering complex, cross-functional machine or factory automation programs.
•Strong foundation in PLCs, electrical systems, industrial networking, motion control, robotics, and machine safety.
•Eligibility to work in the United States is required.
Nice to have
•Experience with complex capital equipment, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, additive manufacturing, or robotics systems.
•Expertise in Beckhoff TwinCAT, IEC 61131-3 Structured Text, industrial networking, and motion control.
•Experience with industrial robotics, simulation, offline programming, and virtual commissioning.
•Knowledge of NEC, NFPA 79, UL 508A, functional safety, and machine risk assessment.
•Experience scaling controls architectures, engineering standards, and teams across machine fleets or factories.
Culture & Benefits
•Competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities.
•Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, year-end shutdown, and paid parental leave.
•HMO and Premium PPO health plans, company-sponsored life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
•Reimbursement for learning and development initiatives.
•Collaborative, high-performing environment focused on advanced manufacturing and reducing industrial footprint.
