Senior Equipment Engineer - Mechanical (L-PBF)

Location: Long Beach or Torrance, California, United States; onsite role. Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls is required.

Salary: $111,300–$176,720 USD annually, depending on level: Engineer II / E04 $111,300–$153,040; Sr. Engineer / E05 $128,520–$176,720; Staff Engineer / E06 $148,430–$204,090.

Company

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

What you will do

• Own technical issues, projects, sustaining performance, and reliability for assigned production L-PBF equipment.
• Support Service and Operations by improving work instructions, providing technical support, strengthening preventive maintenance, and mentoring technicians and operators.
• Troubleshoot motion, recoating, build platform, alignment, gas flow and filtration, cooling, thermal management, and powder-handling systems.
• Analyze machine process and printed-part data, identify fleet trends, prioritize reliability work, and drive cost reduction through equipment optimization.
• Lead RCCAs from issue identification and containment through long-term corrective action, including cross-functional investigations.
• Support change and configuration management, installation, commissioning, FAT/SAT, qualification, production readiness, quality compliance, DFM, and DFR activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing 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 mechanical troubleshooting skills on production equipment, including motion, fluid, gas, or thermal systems, plus sufficient working knowledge of electrical and controls systems to troubleshoot alongside specialists.
• Ability to lead structured root cause investigations using RCCA, 5 Whys, Fishbone, Fault Tree, or similar methods and verify 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 L-PBF mechanical subsystems, including recoating, powder handling, precision motion and alignment, inert gas flow and filtration, chillers, thermal management, vacuum, or pressure systems.
• Experience with GD&T, tolerance analysis, CAD such as SolidWorks, mechanical drawings, and P&IDs.
• 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

• Competitive salary with equity plan and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities.
• Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, year-end shutdown, and paid parental leave.
• HMO and Premium PPO health plans, company-sponsored life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Learning and development reimbursement opportunities.
• Collaborative, dynamic, high-performing environment focused on manufacturing innovation and reducing environmental footprint.