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Job Description

Overview

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to meet the growing demand for launch capacity. The Friction Stir Welding Technician I will assist in FSW operations, contributing to the manufacturing of the Terran R vehicle.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in FSW operations including running equipment and prepping welds.
  • Complete standard lift operations or assist in critical lift operations.
  • Perform precision blending and deburring using power and hand tools.
  • Conduct in-process inspections using tools like micrometers and calipers.
  • Uphold safety and cleanliness standards in the shop.
  • Foster an inclusive environment for all team members.

Requirements

  • Experience with material joining processes such as friction stir welding and arc welding.
  • Experience with metal fabrication techniques like forming and bending.
  • Proficient in the use of common hand tools and inspection tools.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office or team communication tools like Slack.

Benefits

  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a 1st shift position with a schedule of 5:00am-3:30pm PT, Monday through Friday.
  • The position has a baseline expectation of a 50-hour workweek, with occasional overtime.

Benefits

PTO
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, where the middle half runs $30–$54/hr across 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 35 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 17 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 418 other active welding openings from 206 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.

Relativity Space currently has 10 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 (27), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (16), and Honeywell Aerospace (15). 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 Santa Ana at $48/hr, Long Beach at $43/hr, and Los Angeles at $42/hr. Long Beach is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Friction Stir Welding Technician I, First Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.