Location
Long Beach, California, United States. Work is performed in office, manufacturing, and active construction environments, with frequent factory-floor activity and regular movement through electrical rooms, installation zones, and construction areas. Occasional early morning, evening, or weekend support may be required during critical milestones.
Salary
$128,520–$204,090 USD annually, including E05 Senior Engineer at $128,520–$176,720 and E06 Staff Engineer at $148,430–$204,090.
Company
Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing systems for demanding automotive, aerospace, and defense applications and is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs.
What you will do
•Plan and execute factory electrical supply strategies, including power-demand assessments, utility capacity planning, service upgrades, line extensions, and energization schedules.
•Lead planning and technical execution of medium- and low-voltage distribution systems, transformers, switchgear, switchboards, panelboards, feeders, and equipment power connections.
•Coordinate owner-side electrical engineering from concept through construction, equipment installation, testing, commissioning, and energization readiness.
•Define and coordinate factory data, IT, controls, automation, and equipment-integration infrastructure with engineering, facilities, IT, controls teams, contractors, and vendors.
•Lead factory and workcenter buildout planning, equipment deployment strategies, infrastructure requirements, layout reviews, and manufacturing-readiness activities.
•Own technical execution, project schedules, capital-project coordination, configuration records, infrastructure standards, documentation, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Requirements
•Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
•Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related technical discipline.
•7+ years of electrical engineering experience supporting manufacturing facilities, industrial infrastructure, electrical power distribution, or capital project execution.
•Strong technical understanding of medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution systems, including transformers, switchgear, switchboards, panelboards, feeders, and industrial equipment power requirements.
•Experience developing requirements for and reviewing electrical deliverables such as single-line diagrams, load calculations, power distribution plans, equipment specifications, and electrical system studies.
•Experience with electrical infrastructure planning, construction coordination, equipment installation, commissioning, or utility infrastructure upgrades.
•Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes and safety requirements, including NEC, NFPA 70E, and relevant electrical engineering standards.
•Ability to independently evaluate complex engineering problems, develop technical solutions, and drive implementation across multiple projects and stakeholders.
•Experience coordinating technical workstreams across engineering disciplines, A&E partners, contractors, utilities, and equipment vendors, together with strong organizational, communication, documentation, and prioritization skills.
Nice to have
•Experience with utility service planning, capacity upgrades, line extensions, utility interconnections, and electric utility providers.
•Experience leading electrical infrastructure planning for large-scale manufacturing facilities, factory expansions, or industrial equipment deployments.
•Experience performing or reviewing load-flow, short-circuit, arc-flash, voltage-drop, and protective-device-coordination studies.
•Experience with onsite generation, backup power, UPS systems, or alternative electrical supply solutions.
•Familiarity with AutoCAD, Revit, ETAP, SKM Power*Tools, or similar electrical engineering software.
•Experience with factory data and IT infrastructure, industrial controls, PLC architectures, BMS, SCADA, or IT/OT integration.
•Experience leading capital-project technical evaluations, infrastructure trade studies, contractor coordination, and construction-execution planning.
•Professional Engineer license or progress toward licensure.
•Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth manufacturing environments.
Culture & Benefits
•Collaborative, dynamic, high-performing environment in a fast-paced, mission-driven manufacturing company.
•Competitive salary with equity-plan and discretionary results-based incentive opportunities.
•Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, year-end shutdown, and paid parental leave.
•HMO and Premium PPO health options, company-sponsored life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
•Reimbursement opportunities for learning and professional development.
•Required PPE is provided for factory-floor and construction-site work, including safety glasses, steel-toe footwear, hearing protection, and gloves.
