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Overview

Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing. The R&D Welding Technician role is central to ramping new welding capabilities, focusing on hands-on welding processes in a fast-moving R&D environment.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate and weld qualification test articles and large structural assemblies.
  • Perform hand welding using both laser and arc processes.
  • Set up and execute orbital tube welding operations to specifications.
  • Operate and support robotic welding cells, including setup and troubleshooting.
  • Read and build to engineering drawings, weld symbols, and GD&T, maintaining build documentation.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with hand welding, both laser and arc processes.
  • Experience with orbital tube welding.
  • Experience operating robotic welding equipment.
  • Ability to read engineering drawings, weld symbols, and GD&T.
  • Comfort operating in an ambiguous, first-of-a-kind R&D environment.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

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

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA currently run a median of $43/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $36–$60/hr across 61 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 84 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 57 different employers. 34 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 586 other active welding openings from 267 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.

Hadrian 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), Relativity Space (22), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (18). 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 $65/hr, Pasadena at $61/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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