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Overview

Skyryse is on a mission to enhance aviation safety and accessibility through innovative technology. The Electrical & Wiring Technician will play a crucial role in building wire harnesses for aircraft, working closely with engineers to ensure high standards of quality and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Build prototype and production wire harnesses, cable assemblies, and subassemblies to IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class [2 / 3] criteria.
  • Prep, splice, tie, lace, and dress wire using calibrated crimp tools, thermal strippers, and thermal tweezers.
  • Hand solder electrical and electronic assemblies to J-STD-001 Class [2 / 3].
  • Perform first article inspection against drawings and wire lists, applying IPC-A-610 and IPC/WHMA-A-620 acceptability criteria.
  • Diagnose failures to root cause with oscilloscopes and DMMs, then document findings and corrective action.
  • Work from schematics, wire lists, and interconnect drawings; red-line them and report discrepancies to engineering.
  • Analyze test data and recommend changes to components, harness design, or test procedures.
  • Interpret wire lists, perform continuity check-out, splice wires, and perform other tasks related to wire routing and dressing.

Requirements

  • 4+ years in electrical assembly, harness fabrication, or avionics installation.
  • Ability to build to IPC/WHMA-A-620, solder to J-STD-001, and inspect to IPC-A-610.
  • Experience with DC harness wiring with D-Sub, Micro-D, and circular connectors.
  • Ability to read schematics, wire lists, and interconnect diagrams without close supervision.
  • Experience with oscilloscopes, DMMs, and similar test equipment.

Benefits

  • Hourly Rate
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: El Segundo, CA

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Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, whose middle half runs $30–$58/hr across 73 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 45% 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.

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We're tracking 103 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 64 different employers. 45 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 650 other active welding openings from 315 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

Skyryse currently has 4 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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.

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