Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer

The posting, as Divergent wrote it

Divergent is building the new industrial age. Every day, our teams design, manufacture, and assemble advanced systems for some of the world’s most demanding industries. Our integrated engineering and manufacturing platform transforms complex designs into production-ready solutions, helping customers move faster, build smarter, and deliver critical systems when they matter most. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and supports leading U.S. aerospace and defense companies.

Join us and help push the boundaries of what can be built.

Purpose

The Senior Mechanical Engineer develops complex mechanical systems for Divergent’s internally developed Monolith One laser powder bed fusion platform, printers in the same class, next-generation platforms, and adjacent equipment. Serving as the Responsible Engineer for assigned systems and major design efforts, this role leads work from problem definition and requirements through concept development, detailed design, prototyping, validation, release, and machine integration.

The Role

• Own assigned mechanical systems and major design efforts from problem definition through release, integration, and validation.
• Translate technical and operational needs into clear requirements, interfaces, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop concepts and detailed designs using CAD models, drawings, GD&T, tolerance analyses, engineering calculations, component selections, and bills of material.
• Apply broad mechanical engineering fundamentals across structures, mechanisms, precision motion, fluids, thermal systems, sealing, enclosures, and machine integration.
• Evaluate design alternatives and make sound tradeoffs across performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, schedule, and technical risk.
• Identify design and integration risks and plan and lead appropriate analysis, prototyping, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and design iteration.
• Lead technical coordination across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and other stakeholders; communicate decisions, status, risks, actions, and required support clearly.
• Maintain complete technical documentation and drive engineering changes through release and downstream coordination, including procurement, manufacturing planning, validation, and deployment.
• Support machine integration and fleet investigations when needed, converting relevant findings into durable design improvements and future development priorities.
• Provide technical guidance, design reviews, and mentorship to other engineers.
• Contribute to machine architecture, modularization, supplier and contract-manufacturing readiness, and future printer development.

Basic Qualifications

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to independently

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Equal Employment Opportunity
Divergent is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected characteristic. Divergent provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.
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