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Overview

L3Harris is seeking a Weld Inspector for its Canoga Park Facility in California, which produces propulsion components and systems for NASA, Military, and Commercial contracts. The role involves visual verification of weld requirements and collaboration with production teams to ensure quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Read and interpret manufacturing standard drawings and weld symbols.
  • Create non-conformance reports for inspection results.
  • Work directly with Production and Fabrication shop to provide required defect details.
  • Utilize factory planning software suites and Microsoft Office for communications and documentation.
  • Read calipers and use dimensional equipment and borescopes for internal inspections.
  • Identify problems and work to achieve operational targets.
  • Determine methods and procedures necessary for inspection.
  • Communicate with process and product experts for information and interpretation of results.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 6 years of prior Weld process experience.
  • Experience with a variety of weld processes, including TIG, Robotic, and Electron Beam.
  • Experience with dimensioning and tolerancing systems (GD&T).
  • Experience with using molds for dimensional verification.
  • Willingness to secure and capability to pass a 'Secret' clearance background check.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Job Location: Canoga Park
  • Job Schedule: 2nd shift 9/80

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $43/hr, this posting sits about 14% above the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA — toward the top of a $32–$58/hr middle band drawn from 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 65% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 40 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 31 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 208 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

L3Harris Technologies currently has 2 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 (20), Aerotek (17), and Volt (16). 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 Santa Ana at $48/hr, Los Angeles at $38/hr, and Hawthorne at $36/hr. Los Angeles is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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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. Weld Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.