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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
Divergent's Design and Engineering Systems (DES) organization is seeking a Tech Fellow, Software Architecture (E9) to establish technical direction and advance the architectural capabilities of Divergent's engineering software ecosystem.
This role is a pre-eminent technical authority in engineering application architecture, interactive 3D systems, and computational software platforms. The Tech Fellow addresses novel, strategic technical challenges with business-wide implications and influences the evolution of engineering software, computational design, and related technology practices.
Working across organizational boundaries, this individual shapes technical roadmaps, guides major engineering programs, and establishes architectural standards that enable Divergent to deliver increasingly sophisticated computational design and manufacturing capabilities. The role also represents technical excellence in engagements with key customers, vendors, and external technical partners.
The Role
- Establish technical direction and architectural standards for complex engineering software capabilities spanning interactive 3D applications, computational engineering, and related software platforms.
- Serve as a recognized technical authority in desktop CAE architecture, engineering application frameworks, graphics systems, and computational software integration.
- Solve novel, strategic architectural problems with business-wide implications for engineering software, computational design, and platform capabilities.
- Define architectural approaches that influence technical roadmaps and major engineering programs across DES and related organizations.
- Guide the evolution of shared engineering software capabilities, including interactive 3D frameworks, GPU-enabled computational workflows, and integration with CAE solvers and engineering platforms.
- Influence architecture decisions that affect multiple programs, product areas, technical disciplines, and external technical partnerships.
- Establish and advance technical standards and architectural practices that improve system interoperability, scalability, performance, and engineering effectiveness.
- Anticipate emerging technology trends and assess their implications for Divergent's engineering software strategy, computational capabilities, and long-term technical differentiation.
- Advise senior technical and business leadership on strategic architecture decisions, complex technical risks, and major technology investments.
- Lead or guide major technical initiatives that require alignment across multiple engineering functions and programs.
- Represent Divergent's technical expertise in engagements with key customers, vendors, and external technical partners.
- Influence technical practices and architectural approaches beyond individual programs by sharing expertise, advancing technical thought leadership, and guiding collaborative engineering initiatives.
- Mentor senior technical contributors and emerging architectural leaders, strengthening the organization's depth of expertise and technical judgment.
- Ensure architectural direction supports long-term business objectives while maintaining appropriate balance among innovation, technical risk, performance, and maintainability.
Basic Qualifications
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls.
- Pre-eminent technical expertise in software architecture for complex engineering applications, desktop CAE systems, computational software, or related industrial technology.
- Demonstrated success defining technical direction and architectural standards across multiple programs, product areas, or engineering functions.
- Extensive expertise in interactive 3D application architecture, graphics and rendering systems, UI frameworks, and high-performance software engineering.
- Proven ability to solve novel, strategically significant technical problems with broad business implications.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical roadmaps, major engineering programs, and architectural decisions beyond a single team or function.
- Strong technical judgment in evaluating foundational architecture, technology investments, and complex system-level trade-offs.
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior technical leadership and build alignment across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Experience establishing technical standards, methodologies, or architectural practices that influence broader engineering organizations.
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to represent complex technical concepts to engineering leaders, customers, vendors, and external technical partners.
Preferred Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, software architecture, CAE, CAD, PLM, scientific computing, or related technical fields.
- Track record of establishing technical direction for complex engineering software ecosystems or foundational application platforms.
- Demonstrated influence on major technical programs, cross-functional engineering strategy, or organizational technology roadmaps.
- Experience integrating computational geometry, topology optimization, simulation, CAE solvers, GPU compute, and interactive 3D visualization.
- Experience representing technical organizations in strategic customer engagements, vendor partnerships, or external technical collaborations.
- Recognized technical contributions through influential software systems, architecture standards, patents, publications, or comparable achievements.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor senior technical experts and shape architectural practices across an organization.
Compensation
- Onsite/Hybrid/Remote
Compensation
At Divergent, our pay range is based on the level of the job. For this role, we will consider candidates at levels E07 - E09 as evaluated through our interview process.
- E07 / Principal Engineer: $171,450 - $235,740
- E08 / Sr. Principal Engineer: $197,990 - $272,240
- E09/ Technical Fellow: $228,650- $314,390
What We Offer Our Regular, Full-Time Employees:
- Holistic Compensation Package: Enjoy a world-class compensation package that includes a competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities, ensuring you're truly valued for your contributions.
- Wellness and Time Off: Embrace a healthy lifestyle with paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays, including a year-end shutdown to recharge. We support growing families with paid parental leave, recognizing the importance of bonding time.
- Comprehensive Health and Wellness: Prioritize your well-being with our comprehensive health and wellness benefits, offering both HMO and Premium PPO options. Additionally, benefit from company-sponsored life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind.
- Investment in Growth: We're committed to your professional development. Take advantage of reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives, empowering you to continuously expand your skill set and reach peak performance.
- Collaborative and High-Performing Environment: Join our collaborative, dynamic, and high-performing team within a fast-paced, mission-driven company. Together, we're disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry, fostering innovation, and integrating people and technology to reduce our footprint.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Divergent is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected characteristic. Divergent provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
EEO Poster
In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected.
E-Verify: Right to Work
Our company participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a program that electronically confirms a candidate's eligibility to work in the United States after completing the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9). The information provided on the Form I-9 is compared to the records contained in the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) databases. This helps employers verify the identity and employment eligibility of newly hired employees.
Eligibility to Work Poster (English) | Eligibility to Work Poster (Spanish)
Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO)
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
No agencies, no solicitations, and no calls please.
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
Divergent's Design and Engineering Systems (DES) organization is seeking a Tech Fellow, Software Architecture (E9) to establish technical direction and advance the architectural capabilities of Divergent's engineering software ecosystem.
This role is a pre-eminent technical authority in engineering application architecture, interactive 3D systems, and computational software platforms. The Tech Fellow addresses novel, strategic technical challenges with business-wide implications and influences the evolution of engineering software, computational design, and related technology practices.
Working across organizational boundaries, this individual shapes technical roadmaps, guides major engineering programs, and establishes architectural standards that enable Divergent to deliver increasingly sophisticated computational design and manufacturing capabilities. The role also represents technical excellence in engagements with key customers, vendors, and external technical partners.
The Role
- Establish technical direction and architectural standards for complex engineering software capabilities spanning interactive 3D applications, computational engineering, and related software platforms.
- Serve as a recognized technical authority in desktop CAE architecture, engineering application frameworks, graphics systems, and computational software integration.
- Solve novel, strategic architectural problems with business-wide implications for engineering software, computational design, and platform capabilities.
- Define architectural approaches that influence technical roadmaps and major engineering programs across DES and related organizations.
- Guide the evolution of shared engineering software capabilities, including interactive 3D frameworks, GPU-enabled computational workflows, and integration with CAE solvers and engineering platforms.
- Influence architecture decisions that affect multiple programs, product areas, technical disciplines, and external technical partnerships.
- Establish and advance technical standards and architectural practices that improve system interoperability, scalability, performance, and engineering effectiveness.
- Anticipate emerging technology trends and assess their implications for Divergent's engineering software strategy, computational capabilities, and long-term technical differentiation.
- Advise senior technical and business leadership on strategic architecture decisions, complex technical risks, and major technology investments.
- Lead or guide major technical initiatives that require alignment across multiple engineering functions and programs.
- Represent Divergent's technical expertise in engagements with key customers, vendors, and external technical partners.
- Influence technical practices and architectural approaches beyond individual programs by sharing expertise, advancing technical thought leadership, and guiding collaborative engineering initiatives.
- Mentor senior technical contributors and emerging architectural leaders, strengthening the organization's depth of expertise and technical judgment.
- Ensure architectural direction supports long-term business objectives while maintaining appropriate balance among innovation, technical risk, performance, and maintainability.
Basic Qualifications
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls.
- Pre-eminent technical expertise in software architecture for complex engineering applications, desktop CAE systems, computational software, or related industrial technology.
- Demonstrated success defining technical direction and architectural standards across multiple programs, product areas, or engineering functions.
- Extensive expertise in interactive 3D application architecture, graphics and rendering systems, UI frameworks, and high-performance software engineering.
- Proven ability to solve novel, strategically significant technical problems with broad business implications.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical roadmaps, major engineering programs, and architectural decisions beyond a single team or function.
- Strong technical judgment in evaluating foundational architecture, technology investments, and complex system-level trade-offs.
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior technical leadership and build alignment across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Experience establishing technical standards, methodologies, or architectural practices that influence broader engineering organizations.
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to represent complex technical concepts to engineering leaders, customers, vendors, and external technical partners.
Preferred Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, software architecture, CAE, CAD, PLM, scientific computing, or related technical fields.
- Track record of establishing technical direction for complex engineering software ecosystems or foundational application platforms.
- Demonstrated influence on major technical programs, cross-functional engineering strategy, or organizational technology roadmaps.
- Experience integrating computational geometry, topology optimization, simulation, CAE solvers, GPU compute, and interactive 3D visualization.
- Experience representing technical organizations in strategic customer engagements, vendor partnerships, or external technical collaborations.
- Recognized technical contributions through influential software systems, architecture standards, patents, publications, or comparable achievements.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor senior technical experts and shape architectural practices across an organization.
Compensation
- Onsite/Hybrid/Remote
Compensation
At Divergent, our pay range is based on the level of the job. For this role, we will consider candidates at levels E07 - E09 as evaluated through our interview process.
- E07 / Principal Engineer: $171,450 - $235,740
- E08 / Sr. Principal Engineer: $197,990 - $272,240
- E09/ Technical Fellow: $228,650- $314,390
What We Offer Our Regular, Full-Time Employees:
- Holistic Compensation Package: Enjoy a world-class compensation package that includes a competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities, ensuring you're truly valued for your contributions.
- Wellness and Time Off: Embrace a healthy lifestyle with paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays, including a year-end shutdown to recharge. We support growing families with paid parental leave, recognizing the importance of bonding time.
- Comprehensive Health and Wellness: Prioritize your well-being with our comprehensive health and wellness benefits, offering both HMO and Premium PPO options. Additionally, benefit from company-sponsored life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind.
- Investment in Growth: We're committed to your professional development. Take advantage of reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives, empowering you to continuously expand your skill set and reach peak performance.
- Collaborative and High-Performing Environment: Join our collaborative, dynamic, and high-performing team within a fast-paced, mission-driven company. Together, we're disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry, fostering innovation, and integrating people and technology to reduce our footprint.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Divergent is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected characteristic. Divergent provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.
EEO Poster
In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected.
E-Verify: Right to Work
Our company participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a program that electronically confirms a candidate's eligibility to work in the United States after completing the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9). The information provided on the Form I-9 is compared to the records contained in the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) databases. This helps employers verify the identity and employment eligibility of newly hired employees.
Eligibility to Work Poster (English) | Eligibility to Work Poster (Spanish)
Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO)
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
No agencies, no solicitations, and no calls please.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in technical fellow jobs.
- PhD or Master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related technical field
- Demonstrated record of technical leadership across large-scale architecture or systems design
- Authorship of peer-reviewed publications, patents, or widely adopted technical standards
- Experience driving multi-team or cross-functional technical strategy at a senior level
- Proficiency in one or more specialized domains such as machine learning, semiconductor design, or distributed systems
- Ability to represent the organization externally through conference keynotes, standards bodies, or academic collaboration
Tips for Your Technical Fellow Job Search
Align your resume to patent and publication depth
Technical fellow candidates are evaluated heavily on intellectual output. List patents by number, cite publications with venues, and quantify the technical scope of each contribution. Committees look for evidence of field-shaping work, not just delivery.
Target companies with formal fellow programs
Many companies reserve the technical fellow title for an internal track rather than open hiring. Search specifically for organizations that post fellow roles externally, which signals a structured program with defined criteria rather than a one-off senior appointment.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists technical fellow openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a technical vision statement
Many fellow-level interviews include a stage where you present your research agenda or multi-year technical direction. Draft a concise statement of the problem space you own and the trajectory you plan to advance before your first screen.
Demonstrate cross-organizational technical influence
Hiring panels for fellow roles prioritize candidates who have changed how other teams build, not just delivered strong individual work. Identify two or three examples where your technical decisions altered architecture or practice at an organizational level.
Negotiate scope and charter, not just title
At the fellow level, the mandate you receive matters as much as the role name. During offer discussions, clarify what technical problems you are chartered to solve, what resources you will direct, and how your impact will be measured over the first two years.
Technical Fellow Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most technical fellows?
The most active employers for technical fellows right now are Indeed, Divergent, and Samsung NEXT, and the most openings are in Illinois, Virginia, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. The role is most common at large technology companies, aerospace primes, and semiconductor manufacturers with dedicated research or advanced engineering organizations.
How many technical fellow jobs are remote?
About 60% of technical fellow openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though on-site presence is more common at this level than in individual contributor engineering roles. Sub-areas that skew most remote include applied research, standards development, and software architecture, where deep independent work is the core of the role.
How do you become a technical fellow?
Becoming a technical fellow typically requires years of sustained technical leadership, not just seniority. Build a portfolio of work that influenced how others in your field build or think. Publish, file patents, and present at major venues. Seek roles where you own technical direction across teams rather than individual delivery, and develop a point of view on the next major shift in your domain.
Can you get hired as a technical fellow without prior fellow experience?
Yes, candidates without a prior fellow title are regularly hired into the role when their body of work demonstrates equivalent impact. Focus on external evidence of authority: publications in top venues, patents with broad claims, adoption of your open-source work, or invitations to keynote or serve on standards bodies. Hiring committees evaluate the work, not the previous title.
What does the technical fellow interview process look like?
The technical fellow interview process typically includes an initial screen with a senior technical recruiter, one or more deep-dive conversations with existing fellows or distinguished engineers, a research or vision presentation to a panel, and a final round with executive or chief technology officer-level stakeholders. The process emphasizes your long-range technical thinking and organizational influence more than any single coding or systems design exercise.
Where can I find and apply to technical fellow jobs?
You can find and apply to technical fellow jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search for roles that match your domain and level of experience, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background and goals.
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