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Overview

The Product Engineer will provide technical support for sales and applications engineering, addressing inquiries from engineers and designers globally. The role involves supporting the implementation of next-generation interconnect solutions and collaborating with customers to resolve interconnection challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical support to sales and applications engineering teams.
  • Address technical inquiries from engineers and designers globally.
  • Support the implementation of next-generation interconnect solutions.
  • Learn and apply technical requirements for high-reliability interconnection systems.
  • Collaborate with customers on technical questions and interconnection challenges.
  • Set up new build-to-order production packages.
  • Interpret blueprints and customer proposals.
  • Engage with design and other engineering departments to address customer questions.

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree in engineering technology, technology management, mechanical engineering, or a similar technical degree program.
  • Mechanical engineering expertise.
  • Technical support experience.
  • Sales skills.
  • Aerospace knowledge.
  • Program management experience.
  • Project management skills.
  • Mechanical aptitude, including the ability to read blueprints or schematics.
  • Strong communication skills with colleagues, customers, vendors, and others.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
  • Experience with CadKey or AutoCad (2D) or any popular 3D CAD software (Inventor, PRO/E, Solid Works, CATIA, etc.) is a plus.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Glendale, CA.
  • The work environment promotes professional development and offers a Bonus Incentive Program.
  • This is a fully onsite position in Glendale, CA.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Glendale, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $45/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $36/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $30–$48/hr middle band drawn from 373 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 70% 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 Glendale, CA

Glendale, CA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 240 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

Actalent currently has 2 other openings 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 (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.

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