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Overview

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Friction Stir Welding Technician I will assist in FSW operations, contributing to the manufacturing of the Terran R vehicle, which aims to deliver customer payloads to orbit and advance science and innovation.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in FSW operations including running equipment and prepping welds.
  • Complete standard lift operations or assist in critical lift operations.
  • Perform precision blending and deburring using power or hand tools.
  • Conduct in-process inspections using hand tools like micrometers and calipers.
  • Uphold safety and cleanliness standards.
  • Foster an inclusive team environment.

Requirements

  • Experience with material joining processes such as friction stir welding and arc welding.
  • Experience with metal fabrication techniques.
  • Proficient in the use of common hand tools and inspection tools.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office or team communication tools like Slack.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a 2nd shift position with a schedule of 3:00 PM – 1:30 AM PT, Monday through Friday.
  • Position structured around a baseline expectation of a 50-hour workweek, with occasional overtime.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 50% below the $54/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, where the middle half runs $35–$71/hr across 48 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 4% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 55 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 14 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 562 other active welding openings from 261 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Long Beach, or widen the search to California.

Relativity Space currently has 19 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Vast (22), and Relativity Space (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redondo Beach at $71/hr, Long Beach at $54/hr, and Santa Ana at $53/hr. Long Beach is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Friction Stir Welding Technician I, Second Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.