Mechanical Engineer
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Wage
$105,000 – $135,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 10, 2026
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Wage
$105,000 – $135,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 10, 2026
We are a leading manufacturer in Southern California with over 60 years of stability and growth in various markets including Aerospace and Defense. We are seeking Mechanical Engineers to develop, design, and test mechanical systems or products, contributing to a wide variety of engineering projects.
At roughly $58/hr, this posting sits about 34% above the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA — toward the top of a $36–$60/hr middle band drawn from 64 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 69% 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 99 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 58 different employers. 47 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 594 other active welding openings from 272 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.
Jobot currently has 9 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), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Honeywell Aerospace (16). 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 Pasadena at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and El Segundo at $48/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. Mechanical Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.