Automotive Service Technician (Contract)
Location
Long Beach, CA
Wage
$29.15 – $43.73/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on August 27, 2026
Location
Long Beach, CA
Wage
$29.15 – $43.73/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on August 27, 2026
Latitude AI is a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company focused on developing automated driving technology. The Automotive Service Technician will be part of the Service Operations team, providing mechanical maintenance and support for electric and hybrid vehicles.
At roughly $36/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, whose middle half runs $30–$63/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
We're tracking 35 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 14 different employers. 17 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 596 other active welding openings from 293 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), Aerotek (16), 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 $45/hr, and El Segundo at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Automotive Service Technician (Contract) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.