Welder/Fitter – Aerospace Manufacturing
Location
Chatsworth, CA
Wage
$30 – $37/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 23, 2026
Location
Chatsworth, CA
Wage
$30 – $37/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 23, 2026
Machina Labs is revolutionizing manufacturing by creating intelligent, software-defined factories that produce complex metal structures from digital designs. The Welder/Fitter will be responsible for precision fabrication and welding of metallic components, requiring strong mechanical skills and attention to detail.
At roughly $34/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $38/hr median for aerospace welder jobs across California, where the middle half runs $37–$39/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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.
Chatsworth, CA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 520 other active welding openings from 246 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.
Machina Labs currently has 2 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 (36), Relativity Space (21), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (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 Long Beach at $49/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Los Angeles 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. Welder/Fitter – Aerospace Manufacturing figures were last recalculated when this page was built.