Full-Time
Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer
Factory Automation
Updated on 9/4/2026
Divergent Technologies
501-1,000 employees
End-to-end software-hardware digital manufacturing system
Compensation Overview
$96.3k - $204.1k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Torrance, CA, USA
In Person
Occasional travel and schedule flexibility may be required during critical design, build, integration, testing, or commissioning activities.
Bachelor's
 Mechanical Engineering (1) |
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- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to United States export controls.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- A demonstrated track record of architecting and delivering complex mechanical systems from concept through detailed design, build, test, release, and deployment, while establishing technical direction and driving cross-functional execution.
- Expert capability in three-dimensional computer-aided design, engineering drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, tolerance analysis, component selection, and design for manufacturability and assembly.
- Broad understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them to unfamiliar or multidisciplinary design problems.
- Ability to convert ambiguous needs into practical designs and make sound technical decisions with incomplete or evolving information.
- Hands-on experience developing prototypes and integrating, testing, and troubleshooting mechanical equipment.
- Ability to lead cross-functional technical work and communicate technical reasoning, decisions, risks, and status with limited oversight.
- Ability to provide technical guidance, design reviews, or mentorship to other engineers.
- Ability to perform hands-on work around industrial equipment and occasionally lift or carry up to 25 pounds.
- Own the mechanical design and development of significant automation systems and mechanical initiatives from problem definition and concept development through detailed design, release, integration, validation, and deployment.
- Translate manufacturing and operational needs into system requirements, interfaces, constraints, and acceptance criteria while working with mechanical, electrical, controls, software, manufacturing, and operations teams.
- Develop solutions to complex factory needs while balancing technical requirements with cost, schedule, manufacturability, and deployment constraints.
- Develop mechanical architectures and detailed designs for complex automation systems using computer-aided design, drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, tolerance analysis, engineering calculations, component selection, and bills of material.
- Apply mechanical engineering expertise across structures, mechanisms, precision motion, fluids, thermal systems, sealing, enclosures, and machine integration.
- Evaluate design alternatives and make technical tradeoffs across performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, schedule, and technical risk.
- Identify technical and integration risks and execute analysis, prototyping, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and design iteration to resolve them.
- Lead the resolution of complex technical issues within owned systems and incorporate lessons learned into design improvements and future development.
- Lead technical coordination across engineering, manufacturing quality, supply chain, suppliers, and other stakeholders, and communicate technical decisions, status, risks, actions, and required support.
- Contribute to engineering standards, design practices, system interfaces, and reusable designs that improve the speed and reliability of automation development and deployment.
- Drive technical readiness of owned systems through release, procurement, manufacturing planning, validation, deployment, and operational ramp, identifying and closing technical gaps.
- Support machine integration and fleet investigations, distinguish individual failures from broader design issues, and convert findings into durable design improvements.
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and design reviews to other engineers.
- Contribute to the architecture, modularization, and standardization of automation systems, including supplier and contract-manufacturing activities.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and scale the development and deployment of automation hardware while balancing near-term project execution with the evolving needs of the Adaptive Production Systems.
- Work across office, laboratory, prototype, build, and production-floor environments.
- Travel occasionally and maintain schedule flexibility during critical design, build, integration, testing, or commissioning activities.
- Experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Power BI.
- Experience with Oracle.
- Experience with capital equipment including industrial automation, industrial robotics, chemical conversion, electrodeposition, plating, dip coatings, adhesives, bonding, welding systems, machine tools, laser powder bed fusion, and additive manufacturing.
- Experience designing precision mechanisms, motion systems, fluid systems, thermal systems, vacuum systems, structural assemblies, and machine enclosures.
- Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience with engineering change control, configuration management, supplier collaboration, contract manufacturing, and qualifying and releasing production hardware.
Divergent Technologies builds an end-to-end production system for digital manufacturing that combines software and hardware. Its Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS) lets clients design parts, 3D print them, and automatically assemble complex structures for sectors like automotive, aerospace, and defense. The system works by letting users optimize designs, reduce material use, and manufacture without large upfront capital investments, using modular production to speed up innovation and lower environmental impact. Divergent differentiates itself by offering a fully integrated, scalable workflow that goes from digital design to finished parts in one system, enabling faster iterations and sustainable manufacturing. The company’s goal is to change how complex structures are built in manufacturing, delivering scalable efficiency and greener production practices.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Series E
Total Funding
$1B
Headquarters
Torrance, California
Founded
2014
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- June 2026 Raytheon contract made Divergent a Tomahawk second-source supplier before FY2027.
- June 2026 launched Long Beach Factory 2, expanding capacity eightfold for defense customers.
- 2026 Series E raised $290 million at a $2.3 billion valuation, funding expansion.
What critics are saying
- Factory 2 is 80% defense-driven, so FY2027 appropriations dictate utilization and revenue.
- Tomahawk production starts only after Raytheon’s finalized FY2027 contract, delaying cash conversion.
- A Pentagon procurement shift away from additive manufacturing kills Divergent’s core market.
What makes Divergent Technologies unique
- DAPS integrates design, metal printing, and robotic assembly, cutting aerospace part counts dramatically.
- June 2026 Venom reached flight readiness in 71 days with Mach Industries.
- Divergent’s in-house Monolith One printers power Factory 2, enabling 30,000 Tomahawk airframes yearly.
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↓ -5%Divergent to manufacture Tomahawk structures at new facility, CEO announces. June 18, 2026 Divergent Technologies is set to begin 3D printing a crucial element of the Tomahawk cruise missile at a new facility located in Long Beach, California. This factory, referred to as "Factory 2," will span 430,000 square feet and has the capacity to produce over 30,000 missile airframes or 60,000 warhead casings annually, depending on defense requirements. Divergent's Chief Executive, Lukas Czinger, announced that the production is scheduled to kick off in the first half of next year. This ramp-up is part of a contract with RTX's Raytheon, making Divergent a supplementary supplier for the Tomahawk missile's midbody structure, which is essential as Raytheon seeks to enhance its production capabilities. Czinger emphasized the critical need for increased production, stating, "We need all hands on deck, we need as many of these as we can possibly get, and Divergent is good complementary supply for Raytheon." The partnership aims to fortify the supply chain ahead of a finalized contract expected after Congress passes the fiscal 2027 budget. The new production capacity marks a significant increase, allowing Divergent to expand its annual output eightfold for both defense and commercial clients. While the facility is designed to accommodate different manufacturing needs, around 80% of its output is currently dictated by growth in defense contracts. Divergent's Factory 2 will utilize their advanced "Monolith One" series of 3D printers, with 64 machines set to double production throughput compared to current models. These printers are noted for their high reliability and cost-efficiency, featuring the highest laser power and the most advanced delivery systems available on the market. In addition to its work with Raytheon, Divergent also has contracts to produce structures for various defense programs, including the Air Force's Family of Affordable Mass Missile and the Low Cost Containerized Munitions Program. The company's strategic pivot towards defense over the last three years has positioned it well for future growth. Have a model ready? Get a price in seconds. Upload your STL or STEP file for an instant, no-obligation quote across every process and material 3D Printing Services offer.
Lockheed Martin and Divergent unveil 3D-printed Replicator drone to speed digital manufacturing. Jun 16, 2026, 08:41 0 Credit: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and Divergent Technologies introduced the Replicator, a 3D-printed unmanned aircraft prototype with a roughly 2.7 meter wingspan, after moving the concept to first flight-ready hardware in under 12 months. The effort showcased a...
Divergent Technologies has appointed Ben Nicholson as Chief Commercial Officer to lead business development, customer engagement and government relations. Nicholson brings over 30 years of experience across aerospace, defence and public service. He joins from Ursa Major, where he served as Chief Business Officer. His career includes leadership roles at L3 Technologies, Honeywell and CAE, plus more than a decade with the US House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations. He also served nearly 10 years as a commissioned officer in the US Coast Guard. Divergent, founded in 2014, develops DAPS, an end-to-end digital manufacturing platform for rapid design, additive manufacturing and automated assembly serving defence, aerospace and automotive sectors.
Divergent Technologies, a California-based digital manufacturing company, has closed a $290 million Series E round at a $2.3 billion valuation, led by Rochefort Asset Management. The funding comprises $250 million in equity and $40 million in debt. Founded in 2014, Divergent develops manufacturing hardware and software for aerospace, defence and automotive sectors. Its clients include Aston Martin, Bugatti, McLaren, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. The company will use the capital to scale manufacturing capacity and support new product development. Divergent reported revenue growth of over five times in 2025 and introduced more than 200 new aerospace and defence part numbers in the first half of the year, bringing its total to over 600 unique parts across industries.
U.S. firms test Venom autonomous strike aircraft. Feb 18, 2026 Modified date: Feb 18, 2026 Key Points * Divergent Technologies and Mach Industries launched the Venom autonomous strike aircraft prototype developed from concept to flight readiness in 71 days. * The project demonstrates rapid aircraft development using digital manufacturing and modular systems aligned with U.S. missile and drone acquisition efforts. Divergent Technologies and Mach Industries announced on Feb. 17, 2026, in Los Angeles that they have jointly launched Venom, an autonomous strike aircraft prototype developed and brought to flight readiness in 71 days, demonstrating rapid hardware development enabled by digital manufacturing and modular system design. According to a joint announcement from the companies, the Venom aircraft serves as a flight demonstration platform designed to show how defense hardware can move from concept to operational prototype using software-driven engineering and production methods. The project combines Mach Industries' system architecture and avionics integration with Divergent's digital manufacturing technology. The prototype was developed using a modular open-systems architecture established by Mach Industries, which leveraged avionics and simulation tools derived from existing flight-proven technology stacks. Divergent executed the digital design and additive manufacturing of the aircraft's primary structure, including wings, fuselage, skins, and control surfaces, producing them as monolithic assemblies rather than traditional multi-part aerospace constructions. - ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW - Discover more Unmanned aerial vehicle "This partnership between Mach Industries and Divergent demonstrates a pivotal capability for the nation. By combining Mach's innovative systems with Divergent's revolutionary digital manufacturing platform, we've moved from concept to a flight-ready prototype in 71 days," said Alex Lovett, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Mission Capabilities in the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering. "This isn't just an impressive metric - it's a direct enabler of our strategy to achieve affordable mass and support the SECWAR's 'Drone Dominance' vision. ODASW(P&E) is committed to sponsoring collaborations like this that accelerate rapid acquisition and deliver urgent, low-cost munitions to the warfighter." The companies said Venom was enabled by Divergent's Adaptive Production System (DAPS), a manufacturing approach that replaces complex multi-hundred-part assemblies with unified additively manufactured structures. As noted by the company, this process reduces overall part counts while accelerating production timelines and simplifying manufacturing workflows. "Going from inception to flight in 71 days is a clear demonstration of what's possible when Divergent's Adaptive Production System is utilized from day one. This is what production at the speed of relevance looks like," said Lukas Czinger, co-founder and chief executive officer of Divergent. "Most importantly, Divergent will drive the rapid scale-up of this system, producing thousands of airframes annually. Partnering with Mach has been an immediate win and reflects two mission-aligned, innovative companies executing at maximum pace." Mach Industries established baseline system requirements and conducted iterative testing using a shared simulation and control framework that allowed hardware and software development to proceed simultaneously. The companies said this parallel engineering model enabled accelerated validation cycles and reduced the timeline between initial design and first flight. "Over the last 18 months Mach has taken four products from concept to flight test through rapid iteration, and Divergent's adaptive tech stack has been instrumental in accelerating that iteration," said Ethan Thornton, founder and chief executive officer of Mach Industries. "Mach's selection for a production contract is the first of many opportunities to show not only speed to prototype, but speed to scaled manufacturing." Venom represents a prototype autonomous strike aircraft intended to demonstrate rapid acquisition concepts rather than an announced operational deployment. The platform integrates autonomous flight capability with scalable manufacturing techniques aimed at producing airframes more quickly than traditional aerospace programs. Readers who wish to follow its weekly coverage can subscribe to the Weekly Defense Roundup. If you wish to report a grammatical or factual error in this article, please let Defence Blog know by using the online form. Executive Editor