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Job Description

Overview

L3Harris is focused on recruiting and developing high-performing talent in an inclusive environment. The Intern, Manufacturing Engineering – Weld & Metal Fitting position offers hands-on exposure to manufacturing processes, supporting operations teams in welding and metal fitting activities.

Responsibilities

  • Support daily welding and metal fitting operations in a manufacturing environment
  • Help update work instructions, routers, shop aids, and standard operating procedures
  • Collect and analyze production data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, delivery, and cost
  • Assist with tooling, fixtures, and workflow improvements for welding and fitting operations
  • Participate in root cause investigations and corrective action activities related to fabrication or weld quality issues
  • Support inspection readiness and compliance with drawing, specification, and workmanship requirements
  • Work with cross-functional teams including manufacturing engineering, quality, planning, and operations

Requirements

  • Pursuing a bachelor’s, master's or PhD in Welding Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related field
  • Basic understanding of welding, metal fabrication, blueprint reading, or manufacturing processes
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Experience working in a laboratory, manufacturing shop, or other team-oriented environment

Benefits

  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Job Location: Canoga Park, CA
  • Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

Benefits

401k
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting comes in about 28% below the $51/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, where the middle half runs $37–$69/hr across 55 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 24% 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 Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 100 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 50 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 240 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.

L3Harris Technologies currently has 6 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. Los Angeles is among them.

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