Product Development Technician/Mechanical Engineering Tech - Onsite Shift:1:30-PM - 10 PM
Location
Brea, CA
Wage
$27 – $35/hr
Employment Type
Contract
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Posted on August 28, 2026
Job Description
Overview
We are seeking a Product Development Technician for our Brea, CA facility at a Medical Devices Company. This role involves contributing to routine technical tasks and developing solutions to technical problems under supervision.
Responsibilities
- Gathers, maintains, formats, compiles, and manipulates technical data.
- Produces engineering documents, reports, and drawings.
- Prepares reports and summaries, including quantitative analysis.
- Provides completion of technical tasks.
- Provides technical support to engineers on various tasks.
- Helps scope equipment for use and complete qualifications.
- Works with the team on general lab functions, including calibration and safety procedures.
- Notifies manager or team lead of factors affecting the project.
- Helps develop prototype processes and test set-ups.
- Executes designed test protocols and conducts testing.
- Documents and communicates test results.
- Handles test samples and chemicals for conditioning and testing.
Requirements
- Minimum education requirement is a high school diploma.
- Experience in a lab environment or technician experience in a regulated environment for a minimum of 4-6 years.
- Experience following written procedures and working collaboratively with a team.
- Preferred: Bachelor of Science in a technical area.
- Preferred: At least 1-2 years of experience in a laboratory/R&D setting.
Benefits
Additional Information
- Onsite work schedule is Monday to Friday from 1:30 PM to 10:00 PM.
- Job location is 120 South State College Boulevard, Brea, California, USA, 92821.
How this job compares in Brea, CA
Pay in context
At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 11% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs in Brea, CA — toward the top of a $28–$37/hr middle band drawn from 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 70% 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 Brea, CA
We're tracking 12 other active welding openings in Brea, CA right now, from 9 different employers. 5 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 Brea, 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 Long Beach at $40/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
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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. Product Development Technician/Mechanical Engineering Tech - Onsite Shift:1:30-PM - 10 PM figures were last recalculated when this page was built.