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Job Description

Overview

Arbiter Defense Group is hiring a hands-on technician for a one-month contract supporting a counter-drone team in the South Bay of Los Angeles. You'll help the engineering team build and test interceptor drones for U.S. military customers.

Responsibilities

  • Assemble interceptor airframes, including motors, ESCs, wiring and payload mounts.
  • Solder, crimp and build wiring harnesses to spec.
  • Set up and bench-test flight controllers and electronics before flight.
  • Support flight testing and turn around repairs between tests.
  • Keep build notes so the engineers can track changes.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience building small drones or similar electromechanical hardware.
  • Clean soldering and harness work.
  • Comfort with ArduPilot, PX4 or Betaflight.
  • Safe handling of LiPo batteries.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder.

Additional Information

  • Location: on site in the South Bay, Los Angeles.
  • Length: 1 month, full time, starting ASAP.
  • Pay: $40 to $55 per hour, 1099 contract.
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $48/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $51/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, whose middle half runs $37–$69/hr across 55 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 47% 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 Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 100 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 49 different employers. 32 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 Los Angeles, 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.

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