CAE/PLM Architect (Design)
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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.
Design and Engineering Systems organization at Divergent requires a senior technical architect to design and implement industrial-strength, interactive 3D desktop and web-based CAE applications. This role builds scalable web enabled desktop-application foundation, reduces development risk for the broader team.
- Architect and design high-performing, easy-to-use, interactive 3D desktop and web CAE applications for the DES suite
- Architect scalable GPU job architecture for clustered GPUs
- Implement core application frameworks and delegate development through the greater engineering team
- Drive faster creation of complex desktop applications through hands-on technical leadership and foresight
- Ensure industrial-grade quality, usability, and performance across desktop tools
- Align architecture with DES organizational strategy and prevent risk from fragmented ownership
- Mentor and guide engineers on desktop-app best practices, addressing the team’s current expertise gap
- Partner with DES / Platform IPT leadership to integrate architecture with long-term computational-design goals
Requirements
~1 min read- Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
- Sr Principal level experience in desktop software architecture
- Deep, demonstrated experience creating high-performing, interactive 3D desktop applications (CAE / PLM / engineering software preferred)
- Proven ability to architect complex systems and delegate implementation across engineering teams
- Strong understanding of graphics/3D rendering pipelines, UI architecture, and desktop software engineering
- Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls
- Familiarity with Siemens NX, Teamcenter, and CAE desktop ecosystems
- 10+ years in industrial / CAE application development
- Experience in GPU compute and scheduling
- Experience integrating topology optimization, computational geometry, or CAE solvers into interactive desktop tools
- Track record building software used by mechanical/research engineers at scale
- Onsite
What We Offer
~2 min readAt 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.
Responsibilities
~1 min readLocation & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $171,450–$314,390 a year
- 39% above the $175,000 median for Architect jobs on Jobera (655 salaries).
- Who can apply
- United States
- Posted
- Today
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 24, 2026
- First seen
- October 24, 2026
- Last seen
- October 24, 2026
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- 0
- Trust Level
- 79%
- Scored at
- October 24, 2026
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