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Overview

The Technical Writer/Manufacturing Engineer role based in Long Beach, CA, involves creating work instructions and collaborating with design engineering and quality teams. This is a 3-month contract position with a possibility of extension, offering competitive hourly compensation.

Responsibilities

  • Read engineering drawings.
  • Cross-collaborate with design engineering and quality.
  • Author work instructions.

Requirements

  • Able to read engineering drawings.
  • Able to cross-collaborate with design engineering and quality.
  • Experience authoring work instructions.
  • Experience modeling in NX (nice to have).
  • Experience with Manufacturo (nice to have).
  • Experience with fluid system assemblies (nice to have).
  • Experience with orbital tube welding (nice to have).
  • Experience with tube bending and flaring (nice to have).
  • Experience with precision cleaning (nice to have).

Additional Information

  • 100% on site.
  • US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in US.
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $45/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, whose middle half runs $35–$55/hr across 45 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 53% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 53 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 19 different employers. 20 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 586 other active welding openings from 266 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Long Beach, or widen the search to California.

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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