Senior Materials & Process Engineer - Additive Manufacturing

Divergent; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary + equity

Bonuses & incentives

Health benefits

Learning & development

Paid time off

Job summary

Divergent in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Materials & Process engineer to accelerate material qualification and onboarding of new manufacturing processes. You will lead metallurgical evaluation, write specifications, and collaborate across IPTs to deliver design-credible material solutions.

Role focuses on aerospace/defense-grade materials, AM/metallurgy, and test-based design allowables, with a comprehensive benefits package and a strong career-growth path in a fast-paced, standards-driven

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience executing material qualifications and writing technical specifications.
• 5+ years of hardware experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience interpreting aerospace/defense requirements incl. AMS, ASTM, MIL specs.
• Expertise in additive manufacturing, metallurgy, heat treatment, or forgings/castings.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Act as a 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 / execute 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

Material qualifications

Spec development

A&D standards

AM/Metallurgy

Lifting 25 lbs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science or Engineering

Master’s or Doctorate preferred

Tools

Teamcenter

NX

Job description

Divergent in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Materials & Process engineer to accelerate material qualification and onboarding of new manufacturing processes. You will lead metallurgical evaluation, write specifications, and collaborate across IPTs to deliver design-credible material solutions.

Role focuses on aerospace/defense-grade materials, AM/metallurgy, and test-based design allowables, with a comprehensive benefits package and a strong career-growth path in a fast-paced, standards-driven