Precision Metal Fabricator, Maritime
Location
Santa Ana, CA
Wage
$41.35 – $54.81/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 6, 2026
Location
Santa Ana, CA
Wage
$41.35 – $54.81/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 6, 2026
Anduril’s Maritime Manufacturing Technology Team is seeking an experienced Precision Metal Fabricator to work in a cutting-edge production environment focused on developing and implementing manufacturing technologies for defense hardware. The role involves hands-on collaboration with the engineering team to fabricate high-quality parts and support production.
At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 27% above the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Santa Ana, CA — toward the top of a $29–$55/hr middle band drawn from 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 56% 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.
We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Santa Ana, CA right now, from 5 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 433 other active welding openings from 204 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Santa Ana, or widen the search to California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (29), Honeywell Aerospace (17), 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 Long Beach at $43/hr, El Segundo at $43/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. Precision Metal Fabricator, Maritime figures were last recalculated when this page was built.