Senior Materials & Process Engineer — Additive & Aerospace

Divergent; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 141,380 - 194,390; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Discretionary bonus

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Comprehensive health benefits

Life insurance and disability coverage

Job summary

Divergent is seeking a Senior Materials & Process Engineer to accelerate adoption and qualification of new manufacturing processes through first principles materials engineering and robust testing.

You will act as SME for L-PBF metallurgy, define qualification test plans, onboard new materials, and write engineering specs while collaborating with IPTs on new products. This role requires aerospace standards experience and up to 25 lbs lifting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience executing material qualifications and writing technical specifications.
• 5+ years of experience working with hardware in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with aerospace and defense requirements including AMS, ASTM, and MIL specs.
• Expertise in additive manufacturing, metallurgy, heat treatment or forgings/castings.
• Ability to carry up to 25 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME in L-PBF alloy metallurgical evaluation and microstructure characterization.
• Define and execute material qualification test plans and generate corresponding material allowables for design.
• Perform process development and qualification for onboarding of new materials and manufacturing processes.
• Write and maintain engineering specifications for materials, processes, and testing.
• Support material related quality monitoring tools and lead/root-cause investigations.
• Collaborate, as M&P focal, in IPTs on development and delivery of new products.
• Engage in component design process to provide solutions to customer material requirements including delivering component specific testing.

Skills

L-PBF metallurgy

Material qualification

Aerospace standards

AMS/ASTM MIL specs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering

Master’s or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Teamcenter / NX 3D Modeling

Job description

Divergent is seeking a Senior Materials & Process Engineer to accelerate adoption and qualification of new manufacturing processes through first principles materials engineering and robust testing.

You will act as SME for L-PBF metallurgy, define qualification test plans, onboard new materials, and write engineering specs while collaborating with IPTs on new products. This role requires aerospace standards experience and up to 25 lbs lifting.