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Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer, Factory Automation

Divergent · Torrance, California, United States

Posted Sep 1, 2026 · full time

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Divergent is building the new industrial age. Every day, our teams design, manufacture, and assemble advanced systems for some of the world’s most demanding industries. Our integrated engineering and manufacturing platform transforms complex designs into production-ready solutions, helping customers move faster, build smarter, and deliver critical systems when they matter most. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and supports leading U.S. aerospace and defense companies.

Join us and help push the boundaries of what can be built.

Purpose

A Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer on the Factory Automation team will own the mechanical design and deployment of automation systems that form the foundation of Divergent’s Adaptive Production Systems (DAPS). These systems will enable Divergent factories to rapidly reconfigure for simultaneous production of automotive, aerospace, and defense structures—eliminating the traditional tooling bottlenecks that constrain flexible manufacturing.

This is a hands-on role with significant technical ownership. You will translate manufacturing and operational needs into robust mechanical designs, evaluate tradeoffs across performance, cost, reliability, manufacturability, and deployment speed, and drive complex mechanical systems from concept through production. …

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