Advanced Manufacturing Maintenance Specialist

The role

This person will maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the reliability of advanced manufacturing equipment including CNC machines, industrial robotics, and automation. They will develop maintenance strategies and perform technical repairs to maximize machine availability and production throughput.

What you will do

• Develop, validate, and implement maintenance strategies and diagnostic methods
• Diagnose complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, robotics, CNC, and automation failures
• Analyze, troubleshoot, optimize, and improve CNC machines and robotic systems
• Design and improve preventive and predictive maintenance procedures
• Execute advanced mechanical, electrical, controls, CNC, robotic, and system calibration activities
• Analyze equipment performance trends and failure modes to improve reliability
• Troubleshoot and optimize PLC logic, CNC controls, robot programs, and safety systems
• Serve as technical maintenance subject matter expert for assigned systems
• Interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and equipment manuals
• Support the installation, commissioning, qualification, and ramp-up of new equipment

Required qualifications

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or an Associate's degree in a technical field and equivalent maintenance technician work experience
• Strong equivalent maintenance technician experience may be considered in lieu of educational requirements
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting and maintaining CNC machine tools, industrial robotics, or automated manufacturing systems
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and repair experience
• Experience with CNC controls, PLCs, industrial robots, motion control, and automated machine systems
• Hands-on experience working with advanced manufacturing equipment in a factory or production environment
• Ability to use hand tools, electrical test equipment, and diagnostic equipment
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to walk, kneel, reach, climb, work in confined or awkward positions
• Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.

Nice to have

• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting CNC machine tools including multi-axis machining centers
• Experience with industrial robotics, programming, calibration, and teach pendant operation
• Experience with CNC controls and automation platforms such as Fanuc, Siemens, Haas, Okuma, or Mazak
• Experience with PLC and automation platforms such as Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, Siemens, or Beckhoff
• Experience with servo motors, drives, encoders, motion-control systems, and safety circuits
• Experience with automated material handling systems, robotic cells, or vision systems
• Experience with machine installation, commissioning, alignment, calibration, and equipment qualification
• Experience using condition-monitoring or predictive-maintenance techniques
• Experience working in aerospace, automotive, or other high-precision manufacturing environments
• Experience with metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) equipment

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity plan
• Discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Company holidays including a year-end shutdown
• Paid parental leave
• HMO and Premium PPO health options
• Company-sponsored life insurance
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Reimbursement for learning and development initiatives

Before you apply

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls
• Company participates in E-Verify

About the company

Divergent is a Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and supports leading U.S. aerospace and defense companies. The company uses an integrated engineering and manufacturing platform to transform complex designs into production-ready solutions.