Staff Machine Reliability Engineer

divergent; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Divergent is seeking a Staff Machine Reliability Engineer to lead complex reliability challenges across our additive manufacturing fleet. You will drive issues from escalation to validated closure, translating failures into durable improvements and informing future product design.

You will coordinate cross-functional RCCAs, analyze machine data, and push for evidence-based engineering actions that prevent recurrence across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.

Qualifications

• Access to information and technology subject to US export controls.
• 6+ years of experience in machine development, reliability engineering, manufacturing engineering, equipment engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience leading complex root cause investigations and corrective actions on electromechanical or automated equipment.
• Strong problem-solving methodologies RCCA, 8D, fault-tree analysis, FMEA, DOE or equivalent.
• Experience working across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, manufacturing, and/or process engineering.
• Ability to interpret machine and production data, distinguish correlation from root cause, and translate findings into engineering action.
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive technically ambiguous, cross-functional problems through resolution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including communicating technical problems and risk to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own Reliability Issue Intake, Triage, & Prioritization across the fleet.
• Coordinate RCCAs for recurring, systemic, and machine-level failures.
• Drive and validate closure with SMEs; ensure evidence supports corrective actions.
• Inform future product design with reliability learnings and standards.
• Lead cross-functional teams and communicate risk to leadership.
• Improve mechanisms, metrics, and processes to manage engineering reliability issues.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

RCCA

8D

Fault-tree analysis

FMEA

DOE

Job description

Purpose

As Staff Machine Reliability Engineer, you will lead the resolution of Divergent's complex and systemic machine reliability challenges across the additive manufacturing fleet. You will drive issues from escalation through root cause, engineering solution, and validated closure, while ensuring recurring failures are translated into durable technical improvements.

The Role

Own Reliability Issue Intake, Triage, & Prioritization

Screen, triage, group, organize, and support prioritization of engineering escalations based on fleet impact, recurrence, severity, and business need.

Determine the appropriate engineering ownership and engage the required SMEs across Hardware, Automation & Controls, Materials & Processes, MDE, Software, and Supplier Quality.

Drive clarity in clear ownership, priority, status, and next actions for open reliability issues.

Ensure engineering escalations move quickly from identification to actionable investigation.

Coordinate & Support Root Cause & Corrective Action

Drive and support coordination of complex and cross-functional RCCAs for recurring, systemic, and machine-level failures.

Cultivate a problem-solving culture that looks beyond symptoms to identify and understand true root cause.

Challenge assumptions, identify gaps in evidence, and ensure technical conclusions are supported by data.

Drive Engineering Issues Through Validated Closure

Coordinate with SMEs to develop engineering solutions and drive actions through completion.

Provide guidance and support evidence generation to demonstrate that a corrective action sufficiently resolves the issue.

Ensure technical debt is closed by ensuring the identification of root cause, the development of engineering solutions, and the validation that solutions correct the issue.

Track aging and closure of engineering actions.

Inform Future Product Design

Support the generation of engineering standards and requirements generation throughout the product lifecycle informed by reliability learnings

Technical Leadership & Engineering Excellence

Serve as a technical leader for reliability problems that span multiple engineering disciplines and organizational boundaries.

Create alignment when ownership or technical direction is unclear and drive teams toward decisions based on evidence.

Communicate reliability risks, technical findings, tradeoffs, and recommended actions clearly to engineering and business leadership.

Improve the mechanisms, metrics, and processes used to manage engineering reliability issues and create a sustainable reliability function.

Basic Qualifications

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in machine development, reliability engineering, manufacturing engineering, equipment engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex root cause investigations and corrective actions on electromechanical or automated equipment.
• Strong understanding of structured problem-solving methodologies such as RCCA, 8D, fault-tree analysis, FMEA, DOE, or equivalent methods.
• Experience working across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, manufacturing, and/or process engineering disciplines.
• Ability to interpret machine and production data, distinguish correlation from root cause, and translate findings into engineering action.
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive technically ambiguous, cross-functional problems through resolution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical problems and risk to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing, sustaining, or improving complex industrial equipment or auto