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Overview

The Production Technician in the Manufacturing - Sensors department is responsible for assembling, testing, calibrating, inspecting, and packaging temperature sensors. This role involves operating various machinery, interpreting work orders, and ensuring product quality to deliver high-quality products to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Operate various machinery and equipment, including a cutoff saw, sanding belts, buffing wheels, crimping machine, wire strippers, sand blaster, soldering iron, TIG welder, and measurement equipment.
  • Fabricate and assemble parts in accordance with Procedures and Work Instructions.
  • Identify and pull parts as required.
  • Interpret complex work orders to determine assembly requirements.
  • Conduct quality assessments with minimal training, ensuring product acceptability through process inspection sheets and workstation measuring and test equipment.
  • Recognize and document quality issues and defects.
  • Effectively communicate issues to co-workers and supervisors for potential process improvement.
  • Accurately indicate acceptable products on work orders as per established procedures.
  • Read and understand blueprints.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in the English language (speaking, writing, and reading).
  • Computer literacy with a willingness to learn new programs.
  • Reliable transportation to and from work.
  • Ability to stand for up to 8 hours.
  • Strong manual dexterity and good eyesight for reading blueprints.
  • Ability to follow written instructions.
  • Willingness to learn new skills.
  • Strong work ethic, emphasizing efficiency on repetitive tasks and tackling technical problems.
  • TIG welding skills and experience.

Additional Information

  • Location: San Diego, CA (Sorrento Valley) 92121.
  • Status: Non-Exempt.
  • Work schedule: 40-hour work week.

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How this job compares in La Jolla, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 54% below the $41/hr median for manufacturing welder jobs across California, where the middle half runs $27–$66/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 La Jolla, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in La Jolla, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 207 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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