Divergent Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer at Divergent responsible for mechanical design and deployment of automation systems for Adaptive Production Systems. Owns mechanical architecture and detailed design from concept through production.
Responsibilities
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 clear system requirements, interfaces, constraints, and acceptance criteria, working closely with mechanical, electrical, controls, software, manufacture, and operations teams.
Develop effective solutions to complex and evolving factory needs, balancing technical requirements with practical constraints around cost, schedule, manufacturability, and deployment.
Develop mechanical architectures and detailed designs for complex automation systems using CAD, drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, engineering calculations, component selection, and bills of material, while ensuring designs meet system-level requirements.
Apply broad mechanical engineering expertise across structures, mechanisms, precision motion, fluids, thermal systems, sealing, enclosures, and machine integration to solve challenging technical problems and deliver robust designs.
Evaluate design alternatives and make sound technical tradeoffs across performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, schedule, and technical risk.
Identify technical and integration risks and path and execute appropriate 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; communicate technical decisions, status, risks, actions, and required support clearly.
Contribute to engineering standards, design practices, system interfaces, and reuseable 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 along the way.
Support machine integration and fleet investigations when needed, helping distinguish individual failures from broader design issues and converting findings into durable design improvements.
Qualification
Expert capability in 3D CADAbility to provide technical guidanceExperience in Siemens NX and TeamcenterExperience with JiraExperience with Microsoft tools – TeamsExperience with OracleExperience with Capital EquipmentExperience designingExperience with
Required
Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls.
Batchelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
Demonstrated a 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 3D CAD, engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, component selection, and design for manufacturability and assembly
Broad understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and the 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, risk, and status with limited oversight.
Ability to provide technical guidance, design, review, or mentorship to other engineers.
Ability to perform hands-on work around industrial equipment and occasionally lift or carry up to 25lb.
Preferred
Experience in Siemens NX and Teamcenter
Experience with Jira, Confluence
Experience with Microsoft tools – Teams, Sharepoint, PowerBI
Experience with Oracle
Experience with Capital Equipment: Industrial Automation, Industrial Robotics, Chemical conversion / electrodeposition / plating / dip coatings, Adhesives / Bonding, Welding Systems, Machine Tools, Laser powder bed fusion, Additive manufacturing
