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Overview

Honeywell Aerospace Materials Engineering is looking for a Lead Materials Engineer (Mechanical Design) to provide technical leadership at their Torrance facility. This role involves supporting local design and manufacturing activities as well as global Aero materials and process engineering activities.

Responsibilities

  • Establish partnerships with Materials Engineering management on technical matters.
  • Act as a role model technical leader and foster the Materials Engineering organization.
  • Provide technical and behavioral training, coaching, and mentoring to develop employees.
  • Participate in all phases of the product lifecycle as a technical lead.
  • Champion initiatives and projects for training and professional growth of less experienced engineers.
  • Participate in technical special process groups and provide support at multiple sites and suppliers.
  • Represent MatEng/Honeywell Aerospace in external customer and regulatory engagements.
  • Develop Aerospace-level engineering processes and guidelines.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Material Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in materials engineering disciplines.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Aerospace metallurgical processes, primarily Welding and metal joining.
  • Experience in performing drawing reviews for material and process requirements.
  • Recognized industry authority with high impact results.
  • Understanding of relevant regulations and business processes.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Position based out of the Torrance facility.
  • Must be a U.S. person due to compliance with U.S. export control laws.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $78/hr, this posting sits about 85% above the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Torrance, CA — toward the top of a $34–$71/hr middle band drawn from 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 81% 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 Torrance, CA

We're tracking 32 other active welding openings in Torrance, CA right now, from 11 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 Torrance, or widen the search to California.

Honeywell Aerospace currently has 14 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 (14). 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. 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. Lead Materials Engineer (Mechanical Design)- Welding/Metal Joining figures were last recalculated when this page was built.