Chief Engineer, Product Engineering (Aerospace & Defense) at Divergent

Torrance, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
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Aerospace, DefenseIndustries

Requirements

  • Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in a relevant technical discipline
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex inputs to simple terms and find alignment across multifunctional stakeholders including government customers and prime contractors
  • Strong systems-thinking mindset—comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving structured clarity across technology and program boundaries
  • Demonstrated excellence performing requirements decomposition, validation planning

Responsibilities

  • Serve as technical lead and design authority for Divergent’s munitions and precision-strike systems
  • Define, negotiate, and validate system requirements with government and industry customers
  • Develop operational strategies and lead internal trade studies with direct impact on results at the company level
  • Identify and communicate capability gaps, risks, and dependencies between application and platform teams, and coordinate mitigation and validation plans
  • Guide the system design review process and establish standardized technical maturity milestones and qualification tests across the munitions portfolio
  • Accountable for comprehensive qualification and verification planning, including environmental, structural, and flight test correlation
  • Collaborate with senior technical experts to establish technical standards, and model technical excellence inside and outside the organization including government customers and prime contractors
  • Maintain technical documentation, including best practices and lessons learned
  • Support vehicle builds and product development testing and troubleshooting

Skills

Munitions Systems
Aerostructures
System Engineering
Additive Manufacturing
Machine Learning
Digital Engineering
Qualification Campaigns
Requirements Derivation
Producibility Optimization

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About Divergent

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N/AYear Founded
N/ACompany Stage
Consulting, Consumer Software, AI & Machine Learning, DesignIndustries

Risks

Increased competition from companies like Relativity Space in 3D printing technology.
Potential intellectual property disputes as the 3D printing industry expands.
Rising material costs for 3D printing metals due to supply chain constraints.

Differentiation

Divergent uses 3D printing to reduce waste and increase manufacturing efficiency.
The company focuses on sustainability by reducing carbon footprint through innovative methods.
Divergent's technology caters to the rising demand for customized vehicle components.

Upsides

3D printing in automotive manufacturing is gaining traction, benefiting Divergent.
AI optimization in supply chain logistics offers Divergent operational streamlining opportunities.
The automotive industry's shift to modular design aligns with Divergent's processes.

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