Senior Equipment Engineer - Electrical (Additive Manufacturing)

Location: Long Beach or Torrance, California, United States. The role requires lawful access to information and technology subject to US export controls and eligibility to work in the United States.

Salary: $111,300–$176,720 USD annually, depending on level.

Company

Divergent develops integrated engineering and manufacturing solutions for global automotive, aerospace, and defense customers, with a focus on advanced additive manufacturing.

What you will do

• Support Service and Operations by improving and creating work instructions, providing technical support for novel issues, and improving preventive maintenance.
• Own the sustaining performance and reliability of assigned Laser Powder Bed Fusion production equipment after qualification.
• Troubleshoot electrical systems including power distribution, high-power subsystems, control circuits, sensors, instrumentation, wiring, harnesses, drives, motors, and safety interlocks.
• Analyze machine process data and downstream printed-part data to identify causes of equipment and production problems.
• Lead root-cause and corrective-action investigations from containment through long-term resolution, and drive equipment cost reduction.
• Support change and configuration management, standardize lessons learned across the equipment fleet, collaborate with Development Engineering, and mentor technicians and operators.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, equipment engineering, reliability engineering, or advanced production environments.
• Experience owning the sustaining performance of production equipment and supporting equipment through launch or ramp.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting skills on production equipment, including power, control circuits, sensors, and instrumentation, with the ability to read schematics and one-line diagrams.
• Working knowledge of mechanical systems sufficient to troubleshoot alongside mechanical engineers.
• Experience leading structured root-cause investigations using methods such as RCCA, 5 Whys, Fishbone, or Fault Tree, and verifying corrective actions.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including finding problems in large datasets rather than only responding to reported failures.
• Ability to influence engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, and service teams without direct authority and communicate with people at different technical levels.
• Experience mentoring or training engineers or technicians.

Nice to have

• Experience with Laser Powder Bed Fusion or other metal additive manufacturing technologies.
• Experience with laser and high-power systems, heaters, motion drives, sensors, data acquisition, or safety interlocks.
• Experience with electrical safety practices such as NFPA 70E and LOTO.
• Experience with fleet-level reliability, trending, or performance programs such as OEE, MTBF/MTTR, or failure-mode tracking.
• Experience writing or standardizing work instructions for Service or Operations teams.
• Experience with configuration management or engineering change processes.
• Experience with machine sensor data or manufacturing analytics using SQL, Python, or similar tools.
• Experience with controls systems, PLCs, industrial automation, or machine integration.
• Experience supporting capital equipment installation, commissioning, or factory expansion.
• Knowledge of AS9100, AMS, PPAP, APQP, or equivalent quality systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, dynamic, high-performing environment in a fast-paced, mission-driven manufacturing company.
• Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, and a year-end shutdown.
• Paid parental leave.
• HMO and Premium PPO health plans, company-sponsored life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Equity plan, discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities, and learning and development reimbursement.