Senior Additive Manufacturing Process Engineer

Divergent is a technology company that has architected, invented, built, and commercialized an end‑to‑end factory system called the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS) that comprehensively uses machine learning to optimally engineer, additively manufacture, and flexibly assemble complex integrated vehicle structures and subsystems. Products created using DAPS are superior in performance, lower in cost, rapidly customizable to meet mission and customer‑specific requirements, faster to market, and scalable on demand to high volume production. Divergent is the qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and is now expanding to support mission‑critical needs in the Aerospace and Defense sector. Join us to be a part of this transformative journey, where your impact will shape the future of technology and production. Purpose Drive novel improvements across the L‑PBF Additive Manufacturing (AM) process. Achieve best‑in‑class printed material performance and cost of goods sold (COGS). Improve in‑house printers, develop AM workflow software stack, implement novel print parameters, qualify printed material, and support development of aerospace applications. The Role Act as a subject‑matter expert in Laser Powder Bed Fusion to drive high‑priority improvements to printed material capability, consistency, and total manufacturing cost. Independently define project scope, collaboratively align stakeholders, prioritize resources, organize technical data, and effectively communicate status of development activities. Characterize, control, and qualify improvements to in‑house designed L‑PBF equipment to produce high‑quality material in a repeatable fashion. Develop novel print‑file toolpath generation techniques and process parameters to meet cost and performance needs using internally developed software tools. Utilize and improve material qualification framework to fully characterize AM material properties and geometric capability. Collaborate closely with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to advise on feasibility and risk assessments for new AM products or features. Author and maintain engineering specifications to drive printed material consistency with effective technical writing. Support technical disposition of AM quality non‑conformances, and drive root‑cause corrective action for material or equipment issues. Basic Qualifications Must have the legal authority to access information and technology subject to US export controls (ITAR). B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, or related field. 5+ years of professional hands‑on fabrication, assembly, testing, and/or technical project management experience. 5+ years developing L‑PBF equipment, process parameters, and/or print‑file programming. #J-18808-Ljbffr Divergent