Location
Long Beach or Torrance, California, United States; onsite role. Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls is required.
Salary
$111,300–$176,720 USD annually, depending on level: Engineer II / E04 $111,300–$153,040; Sr. Engineer / E05 $128,520–$176,720; Staff Engineer / E06 $148,430–$204,090.
Company
Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing systems for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.
What you will do
•Own technical issues, projects, sustaining performance, and reliability for assigned production L-PBF equipment.
•Support Service and Operations by improving work instructions, providing technical support, strengthening preventive maintenance, and mentoring technicians and operators.
•Troubleshoot motion, recoating, build platform, alignment, gas flow and filtration, cooling, thermal management, and powder-handling systems.
•Analyze machine process and printed-part data, identify fleet trends, prioritize reliability work, and drive cost reduction through equipment optimization.
•Lead RCCAs from issue identification and containment through long-term corrective action, including cross-functional investigations.
•Support change and configuration management, installation, commissioning, FAT/SAT, qualification, production readiness, quality compliance, DFM, and DFR activities.
Requirements
•Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
•6+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, equipment engineering, reliability engineering, or advanced production environments.
•Experience owning the sustaining performance of production equipment and supporting equipment through launch or ramp.
•Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills on production equipment, including motion, fluid, gas, or thermal systems, plus sufficient working knowledge of electrical and controls systems to troubleshoot alongside specialists.
•Ability to lead structured root cause investigations using RCCA, 5 Whys, Fishbone, Fault Tree, or similar methods and verify corrective actions.
•Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including finding problems in large datasets rather than only responding to reported failures.
•Ability to influence engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, and service teams without direct authority and communicate with people at different technical levels.
•Experience mentoring or training engineers or technicians.
Nice to have
•Experience with Laser Powder Bed Fusion or other metal additive manufacturing technologies.
•Experience with L-PBF mechanical subsystems, including recoating, powder handling, precision motion and alignment, inert gas flow and filtration, chillers, thermal management, vacuum, or pressure systems.
•Experience with GD&T, tolerance analysis, CAD such as SolidWorks, mechanical drawings, and P&IDs.
•Experience with fleet-level reliability, trending, or performance programs such as OEE, MTBF/MTTR, or failure-mode tracking.
•Experience writing or standardizing work instructions for Service or Operations teams.
•Experience with configuration management or engineering change processes.
•Experience with machine sensor data or manufacturing analytics using SQL, Python, or similar tools.
•Experience with controls systems, PLCs, industrial automation, or machine integration.
•Experience supporting capital equipment installation, commissioning, or factory expansion.
•Knowledge of AS9100, AMS, PPAP, APQP, or equivalent quality systems.
Culture & Benefits
•Competitive salary with 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.
•Learning and development reimbursement opportunities.
•Collaborative, dynamic, high-performing environment focused on manufacturing innovation and reducing environmental footprint.
