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Overview

L3Harris is seeking a Specialist, Material Process Engineer (Weld Engineer) to join their engineering materials process team in Canoga Park, CA. The role involves supporting welding process development and production activities for aerospace metallic components, contributing to national security through advanced technology solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, qualify, and optimize welding processes for aerospace metallic components.
  • Support production welding operations by troubleshooting process issues and implementing corrective actions.
  • Author and maintain welding process specifications and procedure qualification records.
  • Support brazing process development and qualification activities.
  • Assist in heat treatment process planning and oversight for welded and brazed metallic assemblies.
  • Support additive manufacturing process development and integration activities.
  • Conduct failure analysis and root cause investigations on non-conforming weld hardware.
  • Interface with suppliers to support welding and special process approvals.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure welding and joining process solutions meet requirements.
  • Prepare technical reports, data packages, and process documentation.
  • Travel up to 25% to supplier facilities and other company locations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related material process engineering experience.
  • Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of related material process engineering experience.
  • In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related material process engineering experience.
  • Proficient knowledge of aerospace welding processes and materials joining technologies.
  • Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Job Location: Canoga Park, CA
  • Job Schedule: 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $61/hr, this posting sits about 24% above the $49/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA — toward the top of a $37–$69/hr middle band drawn from 55 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 100 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 50 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 240 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.

L3Harris Technologies currently has 6 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 (18), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (13). 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 El Segundo at $53/hr, Pasadena at $50/hr, and Long Beach at $49/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Specialist, Material Process Engineer (Weld Engineer) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.