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Overview

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Laser Welding & Robotic Programming Technician to support the setup, programming, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and optimization of robotic laser welding systems. This role is integral to delivering safe and reliable processes that meet weld-quality and production requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Program, adjust, and troubleshoot industrial robots used in laser welding and related manufacturing processes.
  • Support setup and optimization of laser-welding parameters to achieve required weld quality and process performance.
  • Assist with installing, commissioning, testing, and validating robotic laser systems at customer and production sites.
  • Support robot-vision systems, including verifying part-location data and applying robot-path corrections.
  • Run and update offline programs and simulations; check robot paths, reach, tooling access, and cycle time.
  • Diagnose robot, sensors, vision, laser, tooling, and communication issues; document findings and support corrective actions.
  • Work with engineering and controls teams to integrate robotic, electrical, mechanical, and software systems.
  • Follow established safety procedures and support equipment and process buyoffs.
  • Maintain robot programs, setup information, test records, and work instructions.
  • Assist with operator and maintenance training on system operation and basic troubleshooting.
  • Communicate technical issues, progress, and customer needs clearly to project and engineering teams.

Requirements

  • Experience in robotic programming, automation, laser processing, or manufacturing equipment support.
  • Hands-on experience with industrial robots such as FANUC, KUKA, ABB, or Yaskawa Motoman.
  • Familiarity with robotic laser welding or another industrial laser process.
  • Ability to troubleshoot equipment and follow technical instructions and safety procedures.
  • Strong teamwork, communication, and documentation skills.
  • Willingness to work on-site and travel as project needs require.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $44/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $49/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, where the middle half runs $32–$63/hr across 51 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 49% 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 62 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 24 different employers. 31 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 Long Beach, or widen the search to California.

Ford Motor Company currently has 1 other opening 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. Long Beach is among them.

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