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Overview

Neros is a defense technology company focused on rebuilding America’s drone industrial base by designing and manufacturing high-performance unmanned systems. The Mechanical Engineer role involves owning key components and subsystems from conceptual design to mass production in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own all aspects of hardware design to optimize for performance, high-volume manufacturability, and cost
  • Gather requirements and translate these into defensible engineering architectures and decisions
  • Perform detailed design trades using 3D modeling software, FEA tools, prototyping, and engineering first principles
  • Participate in and lead design reviews
  • Create high quality engineering drawings
  • Root cause hardware failures and manufacturing issues
  • Work with Manufacturing and Supply Chain teams on build instructions, production tooling/fixtures, and vendor selection
  • Plan and execute validation testing for designs with the Flight Test team and other engineering teams

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
  • 1-5 years of experience in fast paced engineering/manufacturing environments
  • Strong engineering fundamentals and problem-solving skills through first principles thinking
  • Experience with CAD software such as Solidworks or NX
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How this job compares in Torrance, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $63/hr, this posting sits about 49% above the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Torrance, CA — toward the top of a $35–$78/hr middle band drawn from 21 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 Torrance, CA

We're tracking 43 other active welding openings in Torrance, CA right now, from 14 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 258 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.

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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