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Overview

We are seeking a Product Development Technician for our Brea, CA facility at a Medical Devices Company. This role involves contributing to routine technical tasks and developing solutions to technical problems.

Responsibilities

  • Gathers, maintains, formats, compiles, and manipulates technical data.
  • Produces engineering documents, reports, and drawings.
  • Prepares reports and summaries, including quantitative analysis.
  • Provides completion of technical tasks.
  • Provides technical support to engineers on various tasks.
  • Helps scope equipment for use and complete qualifications.
  • Works with the team on general lab functions, including calibration and routine maintenance.
  • Notifies manager or team lead of factors affecting the project.
  • Helps develop prototype processes and test set-ups.
  • Executes designed test protocol and conducts testing.
  • Effectively documents and communicates test results.
  • Handles test samples and chemicals used for conditioning and testing.

Requirements

  • Minimum education requirement is a high school diploma.
  • Experience in a lab environment or technician experience in a regulated environment for a minimum of 4-6 years.
  • Experience following written procedures and working collaboratively with a team.
  • Preferred: Bachelor of Science in a technical area and at least 1-2 years of experience in a laboratory/R&D setting.
  • Ability to understand and perform designed test procedures.
  • Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional group.
  • Proficiency in personal computers.
  • Ability to train lower-level technicians.

Additional Information

  • Location: Brea, California
  • Duration: 12 Months
  • Total Hours/week: 40.00
  • 1st Shift: M-Fri 7:00AM-3:30PM
  • Interviews will be in-person.
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How this job compares in Brea, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $28–$49/hr across 443 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 40% 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.

The local market in Brea, CA

Brea, CA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 592 other active welding openings from 268 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Brea, or widen the search to California.

MillenniumSoft Inc 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 (37), Vast (18), and Relativity Space (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 Gardena at $73/hr, Redondo Beach at $72/hr, and Pasadena at $61/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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