Sheet Metal Fabrication Tech - Prototype Development
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Wage
$28.37 – $38.46/hr
Posted on September 16, 2026
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Wage
$28.37 – $38.46/hr
Posted on September 16, 2026
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. The Sheet Metal team within Development Manufacturing creates low-volume prototype and development hardware, collaborating closely with design engineers to bring engineering concepts to life.
At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across California, whose middle half runs $26–$36/hr across 63 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% 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.
Costa Mesa, CA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across California as a whole we're tracking 623 other active welding openings from 288 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.
Anduril Industries 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), Vast (22), and Relativity Space (20). 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 $71/hr, Long Beach at $54/hr, and Torrance at $43/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. Sheet Metal Fabrication Tech - Prototype Development figures were last recalculated when this page was built.