Senior Equipment Engineer - Electrical

Divergent; Long Beach (CA, NM); On-site; USD 111,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare options

Paid time off

Parental leave

Equity/stock options

Learning & development

Job summary

Divergent is hiring a Senior Equipment Engineer-Electrical to lead electrical systems on production L-PBF equipment. You will own technical issues, set standards, and collaborate with Service, Operations, Quality, and Development Engineering.

Mentoring technicians and improving reliability across the fleet are key goals. You will work with data from machine sensors, drive improvements, and contribute to RCCA investigations while supporting cross-functional teams to deliver safe, high-quality

Qualifications

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, equipment engineering, reliability engineering, or advanced production environments.
• Experience owning sustaining performance of production equipment and supporting it through launch or ramp.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting on production equipment including reading schematics and one-line diagrams.
• Experience leading root cause investigations using structured methodologies (RCCA, 5 Whys, Fishbone) and validating corrective actions.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills with large datasets.
• Ability to influence across engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, and service teams.

Responsibilities

• Own Equipment Reliability and resolve fleet problems across L-PBF equipment.
• Troubleshoot electrical issues including power distribution, control circuits, sensors, wiring, drives, and safety interlocks.
• Mentor technicians and operators to move knowledge into the system.
• Initiate and complete RCCAs end to end with containment and corrective action.
• Engage with Development Engineering and prioritize fleet-wide reliability improvements.
• Drive cost reduction through equipment optimization.
• Document lessons learned for fleet-wide standardization.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or related discipline

Tools

SQL

Python

PLC programming

Job description

Divergent is building the new industrial age. Every day, our teams design, manufacture, and assemble advanced systems for some of the world’s most demanding industries. Our integrated engineering and manufacturing platform transforms complex designs into production-ready solutions, helping customers move faster, build smarter, and deliver critical systems when they matter most. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and supports leading U.S. aerospace and defense companies.

Join us and help push the boundaries of what can be built.

Purpose

Join our mission to redefine aerospace and automotive manufacturing through advanced Additive Manufacturing. We are seeking ahands-onAdditive Manufacturing Equipment Engineer tohelptransitionnext-generation Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) production equipment from development into high-volume manufacturing.

This rolehelps ensureour production equipment is stable, reliable, scalable, and capable of delivering world-class safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance. As our manufacturing footprint expands across multiple factories, you will solveequipmentproblemsat the machine levelandhelptransform those solutions into engineering standards deployed across the entire fleet.

Success in this role requiresstrongtroubleshooting skills,independent technicaljudgment, and thedrivetogrow into broader fleet-level ownership. You will work alongside seniorequipmentengineers to stabilize new machines, improve reliability, andbuildthestandards that carry the fleet as it scales.

The Role

As Senior Equipment Engineer-Electrical, you will be a subject matter expert on the electrical systems of production L-PBF equipment, including power distribution, control circuits, sensors and instrumentation, wiring, drives, and safety interlocks. You will own technical issues and projects on your assigned equipment, set the approach and standards for recurring technical challenges, and work across Equipment Engineering, Service, Operations, Quality, and Development Engineering. You will mentor technicians and peers. The Equipment Engineering team focuses on the three areas below, and you will contribute to all of them.

You will:

• Support Service and Operations
• Improve existing work instructions and write new ones where gaps exist, with the goal of Service team autonomy for most day-to-day issues.
• Act as a technical resource for operators and Service, including formally as part of the Service Level Agreement (SLA). This includes support for novel issues that existing procedures do not cover.
• Support preventative maintenance improvements based on observed equipment performance.
• Mentor technicians and operators so that knowledge from difficult investigations moves out of individuals and into the system.
• Own Equipment Reliability and Resolve Fleet Problems
• Take technical ownership of assigned equipment after qualification, and track performance against safety, quality, delivery, and cost baselines.
• Troubleshoot electrical issues on L-PBF equipment, such as power distribution and high-power subsystems, control circuits, sensors and instrumentation, wiring and harnesses, drives and motors, and safety interlocks, and work with mechanical and controls engineers when a failure crosses those boundaries.
• Mine existing datasets to discover issues, in particular machine process data and downstream printed part data (non-conformances, witness coupons), and connect the two to find causes that neither dataset shows alone.
• Contribute to trend and reliability data across the fleet, and use it to prioritize your work.
• Initiate and complete RCCAs end to end: identify the issue, set short-term containment, and drive long-term corrective action. Own investigations on your equipment and in your domain, and support cross-functional investigations led by others.
• Engage with Development Engineering: provide regular input on machine reliability and recommend targeted fixes with input from Operations and Service. Prioritized requests to the Development organization are an output of the team, not of one person, and you will contribute your domain expertise to the team's priority list.
• Drive cost reduction through equipment optimization.
• Change and Configuration Management
• Help determine when and where specific changes to assets are made, and apply the team's guidance on what does and does not need formal change control.
• Support improvements to both the change approval process and the configuration control process.
• Document lessons learned so they can be standardized across the fleet and future factories.

Basic Qualifications

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer 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 it through launch or ramp.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting skill on production equipment (for example power, control circuits, sensors, and instrumentation), including reading schematics and one-line diagrams, with working knowledge of mechanical systems sufficient to troubleshoot alongside mechanical engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to lead root cause investigations using structured methodologies (e.g., RCCA, 5 Whys, Fishbone, Fault Tree) on recurring or ambiguous problems, and to verify that corrective actions held.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including finding problems in large datasets and not only responding to reported failures.
• Ability to work and influence across engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, and service teams without direct authority, and to communicate clearly with people at very different levels of technical depth.
• Experience mentoring or training other engineers or technicians.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) or other metal additive manufacturing technologies.
• Experience with electrical subsystems common to L-PBF and similar equipment, such as laser and high-power systems, heaters, motion drives, sensors and data acquisition (DAQ), or safety interlocks.
• Experience with electrical safety practices (for example NFPA 70E and LOTO).
• Experience contributing to a fleet-level reliability, trending, or performance program (for example OEE, MTBF/MTTR, or failure-mode tracking) across multiple machines or sites.
• Experience writing or standardizing work instructions that enabled a Service or Operations team to work more independently.
• Experience with a configuration management or engineering change process.
• Experience working with machine sensor data or manufacturing analytics (for example 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.

Compensation

At Divergent, our pay range is based on the level of the job. For this role, we will consider candidates at levels E04 - E06 as evaluated through our interview process.

Pay Range

$111,300 - $176,720 USD

What We Offer:

• Holistic Compensation Package: Enjoy a world-class compensation package that includes a competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities, ensuring you're truly valued for your contributions.
• Wellness and Time Off: Embrace a healthy lifestyle with paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays, including a year-end shutdown to recharge. We support growing families with paid parental leave, recognizing the importance of bonding time.
• Comprehensive Health and Wellness: Prioritize your well-being with our comprehensive health and wellness benefits, offering both HMO and Premium PPO options. Additionally, benefit from company-sponsored life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind.
• Investment in Growth: We're committed to your professional development. Take advantage of reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives, empowering you to continuously expand your skill set and reach peak performance.
• Collaborative and High-Performing Environment: Join our collaborative, dynamic, and high-performing team within a fast-paced, mission-driven company. Together, we're disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry, fostering innovation, and integrating people and technology to reduce our footprint.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Divergent is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected characteristic. Divergent provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.
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