Sr. Manager / Manager, Responsible Engineering (A&D) at Divergent

Torrance, California, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Aerospace, Defense, Automotive, ManufacturingIndustries

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
Minimum 3 years of experience in technical leadership
Demonstrated ability to lead team of mechanical engineers working cross functionally to deliver successful products
Proven track record of leading complex projects from concept through production, focusing on high-performance materials and high-reliability applications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex inputs to simple terms and find alignment across multifunctional stakeholders
Strong systems-thinking mindset—comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving structured clarity across technology and program boundaries
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated excellence developing products and systems for aerospace and defense applications
Experience with additive manufacturing, automation systems, or materials development
Demonstrated ability to thrive in a high-tech, fast-paced startup environment with a passion for disrupting traditional manufacturing paradigms

Set team priorities, track projects, and mentor engineers to achieve critical company milestones
Develop and institutionalize a culture of accountability, extreme ownership, collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence
Perform cross-functional technical review to ensure product capabilities meet requirements
Identify and communicate capability gaps, risks, and dependencies between application and platform teams, and coordinate mitigation plans
Grow the capabilities of the team, through training, mentorship, documentation and hiring
Appropriate resource allocation, measuring capacity of the team against capacity
Accountable for generating and measuring functional departmental goals, KPIs and responsibilities
Oversee an engineering team of 5+ held accountable to delivering complete products, with expectation to grow the team over time
Hands on mentorship and team building to foster accountability and ownership at the product level, and capability to give deep technical guidance for the growing team
Collaborate successfully with peer leaders to realize positive outcomes across teams
Accountability to the executive team to set and deliver outcomes for the business

Team Leadership

Mentorship

Project Management

Engineering Management

Machine Learning

Additive Manufacturing

Vehicle Design

Advanced Manufacturing

Aerospace Engineering

Defense Engineering

Divergent

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Consulting, Consumer Software, AI & Machine Learning, DesignIndustries