Senior Micro-Electronics Assembler
Location
Torrance, CA
Wage
$25 – $35/hr
Posted on September 17, 2026
Location
Torrance, CA
Wage
$25 – $35/hr
Posted on September 17, 2026
The Senior Micro-Electronics Assembler position in Torrance, CA, offers an hourly wage of $25.00-$35.00 based on experience and qualifications. The role involves performing assembly, troubleshooting, and documentation updates for microwave assemblies.
At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 40% below the $50/hr median for welding jobs in Torrance, CA, where the middle half runs $42–$70/hr across 18 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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.
We're tracking 48 other active welding openings in Torrance, CA right now, from 10 different employers. 12 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 553 other active welding openings from 251 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Torrance, or widen the search to California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (21), and Aerotek (17). 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 $72/hr, El Segundo at $58/hr, and Torrance at $50/hr. Torrance is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Senior Micro-Electronics Assembler figures were last recalculated when this page was built.