Senior Powertrain Engineer

Divergent is a technology company that has architected, invented, built, and commercialized an end‑to‑end factory system called the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS). It uses machine learning to optimally engineer, additively manufacture, and flexibly assemble complex integrated vehicle structures and subsystems. Products created using DAPS are superior in performance, lower in cost, rapidly customizable to meet mission and customer‑specific requirements, and scalable on demand to high‑volume production.

Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and is now expanding to support mission‑critical needs in the aerospace and defense sector. Join us to shape the future of technology and production.

Divergent aims to revolutionize industrial manufacturing in the aerospace and defense industries through our DAPS (Divergent Adaptive Production System) technology. Our patented production system incorporates Nodes™ – 3D‑printed metal connectors – with lightweight materials to create strong and efficient complex structures. Divergent’s technology eliminates tooling and drives radical innovation, capital reduction, and sustainability in vehicle manufacturing.

As a Senior Powertrain Engineer, you will be responsible for product development from program kickoff to start of production. You will conduct trade studies of initial concepts and drive the final released design of a system, incorporating design elements such as valves, gears, shafts, airfoils, bearings, and lubricating systems based upon parametric analysis. You will deliver detailed designs substantiated with FEA models and simulation for rotating components, gear trains and lubrication systems, and you will supervise testing and qualification of the powertrain system.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand manufacturing/design capabilities and limitations, ensuring proposed design changes can be efficiently produced and assembled. You will also act as a technical liaison between Divergent and its customers and suppliers, ensuring product requirements are concurred, tracked, and achieved.

• Create and manage CAD designs of powertrain components, including gears, shafts, bearings, and lubrication elements.
• Build and analyze FE models of gears, shafts, bearings, and gearbox lubrication systems.
• Design geartrain components for manufacturability.
• Present design summaries/reports efficiently at meetings and to other relevant engineers or external parties.
• Create, refine, and execute new technical solutions for aerospace structures to support external customer programs and joint development efforts.
• Work collaboratively in a team environment within the DAPS Product Engineering team and cross‑functionally with other disciplines to efficiently design and release gearbox structures that are optimized for mass, efficient production, and assembly.
• Work cross‑functionally to implement cost reduction, methods, and product improvements, and support prototype and production build activities.
• Maintain technical documentation, including best practices and lessons learned.
• Support vehicle builds and product development testing and troubleshooting.

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to U.S. export controls.
• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• CAD experience creating detailed models. Siemens NX is a plus.
• PLM experience. Teamcenter is a plus.
• Experience in gear analysis. MASTA and Transmission3D are a plus.
• Experience in analysis software packages such as FLOWNEX and LDP.
• Experience with aerospace load applications and AGMA or ISO gear and bearing standards.
• Solid interpersonal skills and motivated self‑starter who can manage personal workload and execution to a tight schedule.

• Experience interfacing with engineering, testing, and manufacturing groups to understand system designs and the associated constraints.
• Experience with powertrain layout, including trade studies to optimize volume and weight.
• Knowledge of overall vehicle systems/sub‑systems and requirements.
• Experience supporting…