Mechanical Engineer II (Factory Automation)

Location: On-site in Torrance, California, United States. Work takes place across office, laboratory, prototype, build, and production-floor environments, with occasional travel and schedule flexibility during critical activities. Candidates must be able to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.

Salary: $96,350–$204,090 USD annually, depending on evaluated level.

Company

Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing systems for automotive, aerospace, and defense applications.

What you will do

• Own mechanical design and development of factory automation components and subsystems from concept through detailed design, release, build, integration, testing, and deployment.
• Translate system requirements into component requirements, interfaces, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
• Create CAD models, engineering drawings, GD&T schemes, tolerance analyses, engineering calculations, component selections, and bills of material.
• Develop and evaluate solutions involving structures, mechanisms, precision motion, fluids, thermal systems, sealing, enclosures, and machine integration.
• Support prototyping, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, fleet investigations, and design iteration.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and contract manufacturers to release and deploy production hardware.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience designing and developing mechanical components and subsystems from concept through detailed design, build, test, and release.
• Strong proficiency in 3D CAD, engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, component selection, and design for manufacturability and assembly.
• Hands-on experience building prototypes and supporting integration, testing, troubleshooting, and iteration of mechanical equipment.
• Ability to collaborate across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, manufacturing, and operations teams.
• Ability to perform hands-on work around industrial equipment and occasionally lift or carry up to 25 lb.

Nice to have

• Experience with Siemens NX, Teamcenter, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, or Oracle.
• Experience with industrial automation, industrial robotics, capital equipment, additive manufacturing, welding systems, machine tools, or related production technologies.
• Experience designing precision mechanisms, motion systems, fluid systems, thermal systems, vacuum systems, structural assemblies, or machine enclosures.
• Experience with engineering change control, configuration management, supplier collaboration, contract manufacturing, and production hardware qualification.
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, and a year-end shutdown.
• Paid parental leave and comprehensive HMO and Premium PPO health benefits.
• Company-sponsored life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Learning and development reimbursement, equity participation, and discretionary performance-based incentives.
• Collaborative, high-performing environment focused on innovative and sustainable manufacturing.