Job Description

Overview

Lazarus is a company focused on innovating industrial power turbines and developing next-generation power conversion technologies. The Mechanical Integration Technician role involves working across multiple disciplines in a fast-paced environment to build and test hardware solutions for energy demands.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble test stands, piping systems, valves, heat exchangers, and mechanical subsystems.
  • Fabricate, assemble, and modify steel frames, equipment supports, brackets, and test fixtures.
  • Install cable trays, conduit, and mounting hardware; route and secure power and instrumentation cables.
  • Modify existing hardware, troubleshoot mechanical issues, and develop practical solutions.
  • Perform basic manual machining, drilling, cutting, grinding, and fitting.
  • Assist with pressure testing, leak checks, instrumentation installation, equipment setup, and test operations.
  • Maintain tools, equipment, and organized workspaces while helping develop fabrication and assembly capabilities.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in mechanical assembly, industrial equipment installation, fabrication, or hardware development.
  • Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, assembly diagrams, and basic electrical installation layouts.
  • Experience with overhead cranes, rigging equipment, and forklift operations strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with industrial piping, flanges, valves, fittings, and mechanical assemblies.
  • Comfortable using hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring instruments.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude, resourcefulness, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Commitment to safe work practices and high-quality workmanship.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in El Segundo, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $53/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $53/hr median for welding jobs in El Segundo, CA, whose middle half runs $48–$72/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in El Segundo, CA

We're tracking 13 other active welding openings in El Segundo, CA right now, from 11 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 239 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in El Segundo, 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 (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, Los Angeles at $51/hr, and Pasadena at $50/hr. El Segundo is among them.

Similar openings near El Segundo, CA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanical Integration Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.