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Overview

Divergent is building the new industrial age by designing, manufacturing, and assembling advanced systems for demanding industries. As a Weld Engineer, you will drive the development and qualification of innovative weld joints for automated assembly.

Responsibilities

  • Lead weld development including evaluation and procurement of weld technologies.
  • Design and develop welded joints, processes, and parameters for various alloy systems.
  • Write and implement procedures and qualification plans for weld processes.
  • Characterize weld performance through mechanical testing and metallographic analysis.
  • Establish weld quality control requirements to meet aerospace and defense standards.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to implement welded joints into production.

Requirements

  • Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
  • Bachelor’s degree in weld engineering, materials science or engineering, or related field.
  • 2+ years of experience as a weld engineer for aerospace, defense, or automotive applications.
  • Direct experience with automated/robotic welding, laser welding, or aluminum welding.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a fully on-site role at our Torrance, CA headquarters.
  • Mix of office, laboratory, and industrial environment.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Torrance, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $92/hr, this posting sits about 118% above the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Torrance, CA — toward the top of a $35–$71/hr middle band drawn from 21 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% 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 43 other active welding openings in Torrance, CA right now, from 15 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 565 other active welding openings from 259 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.

Divergent 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 (21), and Honeywell Aerospace (17). 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 Long Beach at $49/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $43/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. Weld Engineer (All levels) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.