Chief NDE Technology & Inspection Leader

Divergent; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 222,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holistic compensation

Equity plan

Discretionary bonus opportunities

Paid vacation

Paid parental leave

Health insurance

Disability coverage

Learning and development reimbursement

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Divergent is seeking a senior NDE leader in California to drive the quality and reliability of our DAPS manufacturing platform. You will build and lead the NDE engineering team and production inspection organization, owning the enterprise NDE strategy across materials, processes, and product applications.

The role requires extensive experience in NDE methods (RT, CT, PT, UT/PAUT), certification at Level III, and a track record of qualifying procedures and equipment for production environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of NDE, manufacturing, materials, or related engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field.
• Active level III certification in RT, CT, UT/PAUT, or PT.
• Experience developing and qualifying NDE procedures for production.
• Experience procuring and qualifying NDE capital equipment.
• Proven ability to lead NDE engineering and production inspection teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the NDE engineering team and production inspection organization.
• Own the enterprise NDE strategy and technology roadmap across materials and processes.
• Lead development, validation, and qualification of RT, CT, PT, UT/PAUT methods.
• Establish standardized inspection workflows, training, calibration, and governance.
• Develop novel NDE approaches for the DAPS manufacturing system.
• Integrate NDE data into MES, traceability, and the digital thread.
• Serve as the senior NDE technical authority and partner with design, manufacturing, production, and quality.
• Support product development, process qualification, root-cause investigations, and acceptance criteria.

Skills

NDE engineering

Manufacturing experience

Materials science background

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field

Tools

NDE capital equipment

Job description

Divergent is seeking a senior NDE leader in California to drive the quality and reliability of our DAPS manufacturing platform. You will build and lead the NDE engineering team and production inspection organization, owning the enterprise NDE strategy across materials, processes, and product applications.

The role requires extensive experience in NDE methods (RT, CT, PT, UT/PAUT), certification at Level III, and a track record of qualifying procedures and equipment for production environments.