Manager, Product Reliability

The Manager, Product Reliability (DTI) is responsible for driving build quality and mission success across Divergent’s products by leading a team of engineers focused on reliability, validation, and risk management.

This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to ensure products meet performance, reliability, and program requirements. You will help translate customer needs into actionable quality and reliability plans, support program execution, and drive structured problem-solving for failures and system issues.

As a people leader and technical contributor, you will reinforce a reliability-first mindset, ensure consistent execution of product quality processes, and support the scaling of reliable outcomes across Divergent’s technologies and operations.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product reliability engineers, fostering strong technical execution and accountability
• Provide day-to-day guidance, prioritization, and performance management for the team
• Support hiring and onboarding engineers as the team scales
• Reinforce best practices in reliability engineering, risk management, and problem-solving

• Act as the primary reliability partner to Program Management and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) at the program level
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure alignment between requirements, design intent, and production capability
• Support interpretation of customer and regulatory requirements and ensure they are translated into clear, verifiable product quality objectives
• Escalate risks, tradeoffs, and constraints to senior leadership as needed

• Own execution of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) deliverables, including FMEA, control plans, and validation activities
• Ensure product and process risks are identified, documented, and actively managed within programs
• Support development and refinement of quality control plans and validation strategies
• Track and report on reliability metrics, risks, and readiness at the program level

• Lead structured root cause investigations and corrective action efforts for product and process failures
• Facilitate cross-functional issue resolution and nonconformance reviews
• Drive accountability for containment, corrective actions, and verification of effectiveness
• Promote the use of structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys, FMEA)

• Contribute to the development and improvement of reliability, risk, and quality processes
• Help standardize tools, templates, and best practices across programs
• Support implementation of scalable systems to manage increasing product complexity and production volume

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience in product reliability, quality, manufacturing, design, systems, or test/validation engineering
• 1–3 years of experience leading projects, initiatives, or direct management of engineers
• Experience solving complex, cross-functional engineering problems using structured methodologies
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls

• Prior experience directly managing engineers in a production or product development environment
• Experience executing APQP methodologies (FMEA, control plans, validation planning)
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple programs and competing priorities
• Experience with structured problem-solving and failure analysis tools (e.g., Six Sigma, 8D, DOE, Fault Tree Analysis)
• Experience supporting product launches from development through production
• Familiarity with additive manufacturing, machining, and adhesive bonding
• Familiarity with automotive and/or aerospace standards and requirements
• Experience with data analysis and reporting tools (e.g., Jira, SQL, PowerBI)
• Familiarity with NX/Teamcenter or similar CAD/design platforms

• Office and manufacturing floor environment
• Occasional travel to supplier sites, testing events, and company facilities as required
• Fast-paced, hands-on environment focused on scaling advanced manufacturing while ensuring reliability and risk mitigation