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Overview

General Matter is a mission-driven company focused on enriching uranium in America to restore the nation's ability to produce nuclear fuel. As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will design and implement manufacturing processes to transition from development to production, ensuring safety and cost-effectiveness.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement scalable manufacturing processes to ensure reliable, safe systems.
  • Collaborate with design engineers and make recommendations for improved manufacturability, performance, safety, and cost.
  • Build, assemble, and validate prototypes, test stands, and development units.
  • Perform root-cause analysis on test failures and develop hardware mitigations.
  • Establish manufacturing and quality practices that scale with the company and through production phases.

Requirements

  • Evidence of exceptional ability through prior projects, portfolio of work, or completed products.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in manufacturing, development, or production engineering.
  • Proficient in a 3D CAD package and the ability to make manufacturing drawings using GD&T.
  • Hands-on experience building hardware.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $64/hr, this posting sits about 48% above the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA — toward the top of a $34–$60/hr middle band drawn from 61 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% 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 Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 84 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 59 different employers. 31 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 623 other active welding openings from 288 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.

General Matter 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 (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.

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