Manager, Design Criteria Engineering at Divergent

Torrance, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Automotive, Aerospace, DefenseIndustries

Requirements

Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Structures Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
Minimum 7 years of experience in systems engineering, requirements management, or platform/product integration within complex mechanical, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing environments
Strong understanding of requirements decomposition, validation planning, and interface control across multidisciplinary teams
Demonstrated ability to translate customer and program objectives into formalized platform requirements and testable design criteria
Proven record of cross-functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and software organizations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex, multi-domain inputs into actionable frameworks

Responsibilities

Develop and institutionalize a structured requirements decomposition framework that links application system-level requirements to platform technology requirements
Create and maintain traceability matrices connecting customer needs → program-level requirements → DAPS (Digital Adaptive Production System) platform capabilities
Partner with Program Managers, Responsible Engineers and Platform Leads to ensure platform development priorities align with the most critical application and customer needs
Author and maintain standardized design criteria framework for major application classes (e.g., automotive chassis and suspension, missile airframes, satellite bus structures), defining performance envelopes, mass targets, and qualification thresholds
Support cross-functional “Technical Vetting” reviews to validate that emerging platform capabilities meet application readiness and timing requirements
Identify and communicate capability gaps, risks, and dependencies between application and platform teams, and coordinate mitigation plans
Support the creation of configuration-controlled, digital requirements management tools (e.g., FlowEngineering, Jama, DOORS) to enable consistent traceability and revision control
Document lessons learned from production programs to continuously refine and evolve platform-level requirements, design constraints, and validation standards
Collaborate with manufacturing, materials, and software engineering teams to codify test data, validation results, and model correlation outcomes into platform baselines

Skills

Requirements Decomposition

Traceability Matrices

Systems Engineering

Program Management

Platform Technology

Machine Learning

Additive Manufacturing

Automation

Divergent

About Divergent

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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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