Senior AM Process Development Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

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 a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs, and Divergent 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 improvements across the L-PBF Additive Manufacturing process. Achieve best in class printed material performance and cost of goods sold (COGS). Improve in-house printers, AM workflow software stack, develop novel print parameters, qualify printed material, and support development of new printed 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.
• Possess the ability to independently define project scope, collaboratively align stakeholders, prioritize resources, organize technical data, and effectively communicate status of development activities.
• Characterize, control, and qualify key aspects of additive manufacturing equipment to produce high quality material in a repeatable fashion.
• Develop and validate improvements to in-house designed L-PBF equipment.
• Develop novel print file toolpath generation techniques and process parameters to meet cost and performance needs for both automotive and aerospace markets 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 support root cause corrective actions.

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Work Environment

Pay Range

$122,400—$168,300 USD

What We Offer :

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.

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