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Overview

True Anomaly is seeking talented individuals to join their mission of building technology for space superiority. As a Structures Technician, you will play a crucial role in the fabrication, assembly, and integration of advanced aerospace structures for next-generation spacecraft.

Responsibilities

  • Build, assemble, fit, and install precision structural and mechanical components for spacecraft and space systems.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering teams to integrate mechanical structures into space vehicles.
  • Perform precision drilling operations to specified tolerances and ensure proper hole alignment and cleanliness.
  • Install rivets, bolts, and other structural fasteners with precision, verifying correct torque specifications.

Requirements

  • Tech degree or certification in a relevant field.
  • Years of experience in spacecraft or space products assembly in line with technician level.
  • Demonstrated excellence in structural and mechanical assembly and integration.
  • Proficiency in reading engineering drawings, schematics, process sheets, and work instructions.
  • Experience with electrostatic discharge sensitive, foreign object and debris critical, and cleanroom operations.
  • Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to lift 25lbs and work in and around constrained and confined spaces.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Successful candidates will be located near Long Beach or Los Angeles.
  • Some work must be done on site.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $59/hr, this posting sits about 39% above the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA — toward the top of a $31–$59/hr middle band drawn from 42 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 74% 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 Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 47 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 17 different employers. 31 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 650 other active welding openings from 314 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.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Aerotek (13). 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 $53/hr, Redondo Beach at $51/hr, and Long Beach at $42/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. Structures Technician (I,II,III or Senior) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.