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.
This Design Engineer role involves bridging design and production, creating and optimizing innovative product designs for manufacturability, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with internal and industry standards.
This role works in collaboration with other integrated project team (IPT) members to produce, review and mature high quality technical documentation, including CAD models, drawings, PMI’s, DFMEA’s, bills of material, and engineering specifications.
The role’s expertise in CAD, GD&T, and PLM systems ensures that engineering design intent is implemented in a manner that is accurate, functional, and manufacturable, meeting customer expectations and Divergent’s standards for quality and consistency.
The Role- Challenge existing design requirements and define new design standards for product functions and features, based on regulations, DFM/DFAM, and product attributes.
- Act as SME for PLM, GD&T, CAD-design best practices and lesson learned.
- Ensure all designs meet required engineering, manufacturability, and industry standards, addressing issues during the release phase.
- Accountable and responsible for protecting the quality of the final engineering products (released designs, CAD, Drawings, & PMI), ensuring the production team receives data that meets quality and usability standards.
- Check technical documentation (incl. drawings, PMI, BOM’s, DFMEA, specs, etc.) before being released into PLM, enforcing compliance to internal SOP and guidelines.
- Analyze drawings, models, and documentation for GD&T accuracy, completeness, manufacturability, assemble-ability and inspectability.
- Support active programs by creating and managing design engineering data, as requested by the IPT.
- Manage ongoing production NCR’s and dispositions, collaborating with ME’s and RE’s.
- Support the implementation of ECR/ECO’s for production parts, as required or needed.
- Work cross-functionally to implement cost reduction, methods and product improvements, and support prototype and production build activities.
- Identify opportunities for standardization, automation, and process improvement in GD&T and PMI practices.
- Support the training of new personnel for the area of competence.
- Maintain and organize design documentation and reference material, ensuring all revisions and updates are properly documented, stored, and disseminated to the broader team.
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls.
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
- Aerospace or automotive design background.
- 2+ years of CAD experience creating detailed models.
- 2+ years of PLM/PDM experience.
- Solid understanding of common manufacturing and assembly methods, GD&T, and tolerance/stack-up analysis.
- Experience with PMI, DFMEA, control plans, PPAP and APQP.
- Experience with ASME Y14.100, Y14.5, Y14.41.
- Self-motivated with strong multi-tasking, organizational, communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to work well in an integrated team including daily interactions with technicians, engineers, and managers.
- Attention to detail and record keeping.
- MS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
- 2+ years of Siemens NX experience.
- 2+ years of Teamcenter experience.
- Experience interfacing with engineering, manufacturing and quality teams to understand system designs and the associated constraints.
- Experience in CMM programming in a CNC machine shop (Mills, Lathes & EDM).
- Experience with fast iteration prototyping programs.
- Demonstrated development and configuration management experience on technically complex hardware products.
- Expertise in design for manufacturability and design for assembly including experience taking products from prototype design to production.
- Solid understanding of common manufacturing materials and processes, including mills, lathes, welding, sheet-metal bending, lifting/rigging, assembly, inspection, etc. Additive manufacturing is a plus.
- Working knowledge of all chassis systems and vehicle dynamics fundamentals.
- Proficiency in Atlassian tools (Confluence, JIRA).
- Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
At Divergent, our pay range is based on the level of the job. For this role, we will consider candidates at levels E03 - E05 as evaluated through our interview process.
- E03 / Engineer I: $105,980 - $145,730
- E04 / Engineer II: $122,430 - $168,340
- E05 / Senior Engineer: $141,380 - $194,390
What We Offer Our Regular, Full-Time Employees:
- Holistic Compensation Package: Enjoy a world-class compensation package that includes a competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities, ensuring you're truly valued for your contributions.
- Wellness and Time Off: Embrace a healthy lifestyle with paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays, including a year-end shutdown to recharge. We support growing families with paid parental leave, recognizing the importance of bonding time.
- Comprehensive Health and Wellness: Prioritize your well-being with our comprehensive health and wellness benefits, offering both HMO and Premium PPO options. Additionally, benefit from company-sponsored life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind.
- Investment in Growth: We're committed to your professional development. Take advantage of reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives, empowering you to continuously expand your skill set and reach peak performance.
- Collaborative and High-Performing Environment: Join our collaborative, dynamic, and high-performing team within a fast-paced, mission-driven company. Together, we're disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry, fostering innovation, and integrating people and technology to reduce our footprint.
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.
EEO Poster
In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected.
E-Verify: Right to Work
Our company participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a program that electronically confirms a candidate’s eligibility to work in the United States after completing the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9). The information provided on the Form I-9 is compared to the records contained in the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) databases. This helps employers verify the identity and employment eligibility of newly hired employees.
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Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO)
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
No agencies, no solicitations, and no calls please.
Skills Required
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- Aerospace or automotive design background
- At least 2 years of CAD experience creating detailed models
- At least 2 years of PLM or PDM experience
- Understanding of manufacturing and assembly methods, GD&T, and tolerance stack-up analysis
- Experience with PMI, DFMEA, control plans, PPAP, and APQP
- Experience with ASME Y14.100, Y14.5, and Y14.41 standards
- Strong multitasking, organizational, communication, and documentation skills
- Ability to work effectively with technicians, engineers, and managers in an integrated team
- Attention to detail and record keeping
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- At least 2 years of Siemens NX experience
- At least 2 years of Teamcenter experience
- Experience interfacing with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams
- CMM programming experience in a CNC machine shop
- Experience with fast-iteration prototyping programs
- Development and configuration management experience on technically complex hardware products
- Expertise in design for manufacturability and design for assembly, including prototype-to-production experience
- Understanding of manufacturing materials and processes, including machining, welding, sheet-metal bending, lifting and rigging, assembly, and inspection
- Knowledge of additive manufacturing
- Knowledge of chassis systems and vehicle dynamics fundamentals
- Proficiency with Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
Divergent Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Divergent and has not been reviewed or approved by Divergent.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive to strong for many engineering and leadership roles, with market-competitive to above‑market ranges cited in postings. Feedback suggests cash compensation is often a relative strength versus other facets.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive and very good, with HMO/PPO options plus company-paid life and disability coverage. Feedback highlights peace of mind from medical coverage as part of total compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, a year‑end shutdown, and paid parental leave are repeatedly listed. Feedback suggests this time‑off setup is solid for a hardware/advanced manufacturing context.
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What We Do
Divergent aims to revolutionize the auto industry through 3D printing. Our patented production system incorporates Nodes - 3D printed metal connectors - with lightweight materials to create strong and efficient complex structures. Divergent 3D's technology eliminates tooling and drives radical innovation, capital reduction, and sustainability in vehicle manufacturing. We put a powerful new set of tools into the hands of creative innovators, enabling success in the auto industry for a new generation. Our engineering prototype, Blade, is the world's first 3D printed supercar. We're hiring! Please apply directly to the job posting or email directly: [email protected]
