Senior Manufacturing Equipment Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Discretionary bonus

Paid vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Divergent, based in Los Angeles, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to productionize and scale advanced capital equipment, including laser powder bed fusion machines, automated assembly lines, and other assets.

You will own manufacturing readiness from development through production handoff and mentor engineers while partnering with design, automation, software, operations, quality, and supply chain to improve manufacturability and cycle times.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, 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/ 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

Manufacturing ownership

Technical troubleshooting

Documentation quality

Project leadership

DFM/DFA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLM

MES

Configuration management

Job description

Divergent, based in Los Angeles, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to productionize and scale advanced capital equipment, including laser powder bed fusion machines, automated assembly lines, and other assets.

You will own manufacturing readiness from development through production handoff and mentor engineers while partnering with design, automation, software, operations, quality, and supply chain to improve manufacturability and cycle times.