Staff Technical Program Manager (Advanced Manufacturing)

Location: Onsite in Torrance, California, United States. The role requires lawful access to information and technology subject to US export controls and time in laboratory, manufacturing, and production environments.

Salary: $155,500–$213,810 USD annually, plus equity and discretionary incentive bonus opportunities.

Company

Divergent develops an integrated engineering and manufacturing platform for complex systems serving automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.

What you will do

• Own integrated program schedules, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and execution plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical and operational execution, including triage, change requests, and action-item closure.
• Build and improve scalable business processes, operating cadences, tools, and program controls.
• Provide program status, performance updates, tradeoffs, escalation paths, and recovery plans to stakeholders and leadership.
• Coordinate readiness for major releases, builds, qualifications, and deployments.
• Lead high-priority initiatives requiring additional structure and cross-functional execution.

Requirements

• Ability to lawfully access US export-controlled information and technology.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering, manufacturing, or product development.
• Experience managing complex, cross-functional technical programs, including planning, scheduling, risk management, and problem-solving.
• Ability to translate ambiguous technical problems into clear plans, owners, milestones, and decisions.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and ability to work in fast-paced hardware and manufacturing environments.

Nice to have

• Experience with capital equipment, industrial automation, additive manufacturing, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience with reliability, qualification, commissioning, or production-readiness programs.
• Experience with engineering change control, RCCA, configuration management, and product lifecycle processes.
• Working knowledge of Jira, PLM, ERP, MES, requirements management, and program-management tools.
• Experience establishing processes and operating systems in rapidly evolving organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, and a year-end shutdown.
• Paid parental leave and comprehensive health and wellness coverage, including HMO and Premium PPO options.
• Company-sponsored life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Learning and development reimbursement opportunities.
• Equity plan and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities.
• Collaborative, high-performing environment focused on advanced manufacturing, innovation, and reducing environmental impact.