Capital Equipment Manufacturing Engineer: Scale & Innovate

Divergent; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Discretionary bonus opportunities

Health & wellness benefits

Parental leave

Learning & development support

Year-end shutdown

Job summary

Divergent is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Leader to productionize and scale internally developed capital equipment, including laser powder bed fusion and automated assembly equipment. The role owns translation from concept to repeatable, scalable manufacturing execution.

You will serve as the primary owner for critical modules, deepen system understanding, and drive readiness from development through production handoff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years (Senior) or 7+ years (Staff) of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex areas.
• Strong experience in technical troubleshooting, RCCA, high-quality technical documentation, and/or manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary manufacturing development engineering owner for one or more critical factory modules, subsystems, and/or processes.
• Develop deep technical understanding of assigned systems, including architecture, operating modes, controls, interfaces, failure modes, and interactions.
• Own the manufacturing readiness of complex machine systems from development through build, commissioning, validation, qualification, and production handoff.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of clear, accurate, executable work instructions, standard operating procedures, test procedures, and process documentation.
• Lead complex troubleshooting, RCCA, and corrective action implementation to improve machine reliability, uptime, quality, and repeatability.
• Partner with design engineering, automation, software, operations, quality, supply chain, and R&D to improve manufacturability and execution.
• Drive DFM, DFA, tolerance, process capability, tooling, fixture, and cycle time improvements.
• Support design changes through PLM, configuration management, change control, implementation planning, and production cut-in.
• Mentor engineers and technicians while raising standards for ownership, technical rigor, documentation quality, and follow-through.

Skills

Ownership of complex areas

Technical troubleshooting

RCCA and corrective actions

Manufacturing execution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLM

MES

Configuration management

Change control

Job description

Divergent is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Leader to productionize and scale internally developed capital equipment, including laser powder bed fusion and automated assembly equipment. The role owns translation from concept to repeatable, scalable manufacturing execution.

You will serve as the primary owner for critical modules, deepen system understanding, and drive readiness from development through production handoff.