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Job Description

Overview

As a Prototype Aircraft Technician, you’ll help bring a clean-sheet aircraft from engineering design into physical hardware, involving structural assembly, composites, metallic components, tooling, fixtures, and hands-on problem solving. The ideal candidate is resourceful, highly mechanical, detail-oriented, and energized by building something that has never been assembled before.

Responsibilities

  • Composite + metallic airframe assembly
  • Drilling, reaming, countersinking, bonding, sealing, riveting, Hi-Loks
  • Fixtures, jigs, tooling, and drill templates
  • Fit-up, alignment, tolerance, and build issues
  • Setting up prototype assembly processes from scratch

Requirements

  • Mechanical ability
  • Craftsmanship
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Proof of personally built complex hardware

Additional Information

  • Fully onsite in Torrance

Compensation

  • $30–$45/hr
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How this job compares in El Segundo, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $38/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $48/hr median for welding jobs in El Segundo, CA, where the middle half runs $38–$77/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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 El Segundo, CA

We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in El Segundo, CA right now, from 9 different employers. 11 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 627 other active welding openings from 305 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in El Segundo, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (31), 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 Redondo Beach at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and El Segundo at $48/hr. El Segundo is among them.

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