Senior Equipment Engineer - Electrical

Divergent • Long Beach, CA

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About The Position

Divergent is seeking a hands-on Senior Equipment Engineer specializing in electrical systems to help transition next-generation Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) production equipment from development into high-volume manufacturing. The role supports stable, reliable, scalable equipment capable of meeting safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals as the company expands its manufacturing footprint. The engineer will troubleshoot equipment at the machine level and help turn solutions into engineering standards for deployment across the fleet.

The engineer will serve as a subject matter expert on production L-PBF equipment electrical systems, including power distribution, control circuits, sensors and instrumentation, wiring, drives, and safety interlocks. They will own technical issues and projects on assigned equipment, establish approaches and standards for recurring technical problems, collaborate with Equipment Engineering, Service, Operations, Quality, and Development Engineering, and mentor technicians and peers.

The role contributes to service and operations support, fleet reliability and problem resolution, and change and configuration management. It includes improving work instructions and preventive maintenance, providing technical support, investigating and correcting equipment issues, using machine and part data to identify causes, contributing to fleet reliability trends, and documenting lessons learned for standardization across equipment and future factories.

Requirements

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
• At least 6 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, equipment engineering, reliability engineering, or advanced production environments.
• Experience owning the sustaining performance of production equipment and supporting it through launch or ramp.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting skills on production equipment, including power, control circuits, sensors, and instrumentation; ability to read schematics and one-line diagrams.
• Working knowledge of mechanical systems sufficient to troubleshoot alongside mechanical engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to lead root cause investigations using structured methodologies such as RCCA, 5 Whys, Fishbone, or Fault Tree, and to verify corrective actions held.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including identifying problems in large datasets rather than only responding to reported failures.
• Ability to work and influence across engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, and service teams without direct authority.
• Clear communication skills with people at varying levels of technical depth.
• Experience mentoring or training engineers or technicians.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) or other metal additive manufacturing technologies.
• Experience with electrical subsystems common to L-PBF and similar equipment, such as lasers and high-power systems, heaters, motion drives, sensors and data acquisition (DAQ), or safety interlocks.
• Experience with electrical safety practices such as NFPA 70E and LOTO.
• Experience contributing to fleet-level reliability, trending, or performance programs, such as OEE, MTBF/MTTR, or failure-mode tracking, across multiple machines or sites.
• Experience writing or standardizing work instructions that enable Service or Operations teams to work more independently.
• Experience with configuration management or engineering change processes.
• Experience working with machine sensor data or manufacturing analytics using SQL, Python, or similar tools.
• Experience with controls systems, PLCs, industrial automation, or machine integration.
• Experience supporting capital equipment installation, commissioning, or factory expansion.
• Knowledge of AS9100, AMS, PPAP, APQP, or equivalent quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Support Service and Operations by improving existing work instructions and creating new ones so Service can handle most day-to-day issues independently.
• Provide technical support to operators and Service, including under the Service Level Agreement and for novel issues not covered by existing procedures.
• Support preventive maintenance improvements based on observed equipment performance.
• Mentor technicians and operators and capture investigation knowledge in shared systems and standards.
• Take technical ownership of assigned equipment after qualification and track performance against safety, quality, delivery, and cost baselines.
• Troubleshoot electrical issues on L-PBF equipment, including power distribution and high-power subsystems, control circuits, sensors and instrumentation, wiring and harnesses, drives and motors, and safety interlocks.
• Work with mechanical and controls engineers when equipment failures cross disciplinary boundaries.
• Analyze machine process data and downstream printed-part data, including non-conformances and witness coupons, to identify causes that may not be apparent from either dataset alone.
• Contribute to fleet trend and reliability data and use it to prioritize work.
• Lead root cause corrective action investigations end to end, including issue identification, short-term containment, and long-term corrective action.
• Own investigations on assigned equipment and within the electrical domain, and support cross-functional investigations led by others.
• Provide Development Engineering with regular input on machine reliability and recommend targeted fixes, contributing domain expertise to team priorities.
• Drive cost reduction through equipment optimization.
• Help determine when and where asset changes are made and apply guidance on whether formal change control is required.
• Support improvements to change approval and configuration control processes.
• Document lessons learned for standardization across the fleet and future factories.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays, including a year-end shutdown.
• Paid parental leave.
• Health benefits with HMO and Premium PPO options.
• Company-sponsored life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level