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Job Description

Overview

Modis is seeking an Engineer-Manufacturing I for a contract job with a client in Carson, CA, looking for applicants with a solid background in the Automotive or Aerospace domain.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.
  • Up to 8 years related experience in highly regulated engineering design or production environment.
  • Fluency with ERP systems.
  • Advanced working knowledge of SolidWorks, CATIA V5, SmarTeam, AUTOCAD is preferred.
  • Experience working at an aircraft or other aerospace OEM or acceptable automotive industry experience.
  • Deep knowledge of assembly techniques, common materials, manufacturing processes used in the aerospace and/or automotive industries.
  • Proven ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings and models at a system and component level.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma, use of LEAN tools.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term Disability
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Contract job with a client in Carson, CA.
  • Employees must qualify as a US Person for legal compliance purposes.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short-term Disability
401k
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How this job compares in Carson, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $48/hr median for manufacturing welder jobs across California, where the middle half runs $30–$68/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 38% 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 Carson, CA

Carson, CA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 239 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Carson, 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Carson, CA

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