Production Technician

Heaviside Industries; California; On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, Vision & Dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Heaviside Industries, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA is hiring for an assembly technician to build box-built electromechanical units for air and undersea vehicles.

You will follow detailed work instructions, read drawings, and document all build data in the MES system while maintaining an organized, compliant, ESD-controlled workspace. Preferred candidates have 1+ years in similar environments, solid tool-handling skills, and a careful eye for detail.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; associate degree or technical certificate is a plus.
• 1+ years of box-built or electromechanical assembly experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or similar.
• Hands-on skill with hand tools including torque wrenches, screwdrivers, crimpers, and soldering irons.
• Ability to read and understand simple technical requirements, assembly drawings, and bills of materials.
• Proven ability to follow strict work instructions and document work accurately without deviation.

Responsibilities

• Assemble box-built electromechanical units for air and undersea vehicles from work instructions, drawings, and BOMs.
• Operate hand tools to build harnesses, enclosures, and subassemblies to specification.
• Record build data, serials, and torque values in the MES system during each step.
• Maintain a clean, organized workstation with ESD controls.
• Help ramp production by learning new builds quickly and suggesting improvements to work instructions.

Skills

Hand tools

Reading drawings

Attention to detail

Team player

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate degree or technical certificate (a plus)

Tools

Torque wrenches

Soldering irons

Crimpers

Job description

ABOUT HEAVISIDE INDUSTRIES

Heaviside Industries builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for U.S. and allied special operations and conventional forces. While modern warfare has rapidly evolved with the proliferation of unmanned systems, hyper-precise munitions in contested environments are the future of the battlefield. Economical precision strike capabilities are critical to U.S. and allied war efforts, enabling successful defeat of enemy military assets and infrastructure. Heaviside builds precision munitions designed to operate in GPS-denied and spectrum-jammed battlefields—where traditional systems degrade or fail—without inflated prices or sacrifice to performance.

All engineering and manufacturing is conducted in-house in Heaviside’s Los Angeles, CA headquarters and Oslo, Norway office.

Heaviside is backed by Interlagos, Menlo Ventures, Flume Ventures, Cantos, Anorak Ventures, and Ravelin Ventures.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Assemble box-built electromechanical units for air and undersea vehicles from work instructions, drawings, and bills of materials
• Operate hand tools such as torque drivers, crimpers, and wire strippers to build harnesses, enclosures, and subassemblies to specification
• Follow strict work instructions step by step and flag unclear or incorrect steps to production engineers
• Record build data, serials, and torque values in the MES system on a computer during each assembly step
• Maintain a clean, organized workstation with ESD controls and correct handling of parts and kitted materials
• Help ramp production as the team scales by learning new builds quickly and suggesting improvements to work instructions

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• High school diploma or equivalent, with an associate degree or technical certificate in a related field a plus
• 1+ years of box-built or electromechanical assembly experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or a similar environment
• Hands‑on skill with hand tools including torque wrenches, screwdrivers, crimpers, and soldering irons
• Ability to read and understand simple technical requirements, assembly drawings, and bills of materials
• Proven ability to follow strict work instructions and document work accurately without deviation
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working in a hands‑on team on real hardware
• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.62)

NICE TO HAVE

• IPC/WHMA-A-620 or J-STD-001 training or certification
• Experience with wire harness fabrication, connector termination, or cable routing
• Experience supporting functional or environmental testing of assembled hardware

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on job‑related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full‑time hires, you may also be eligible for long‑term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Heaviside will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, including arrest or conviction records, consistent with the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. Heaviside intends to review criminal history after a conditional offer. Heaviside reasonably believes criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with the following duties, potentially resulting in withdrawal of the offer: (1) accessing export‑controlled technical data and defense articles; (2) handling and maintaining inventory of controlled components, tools, and equipment; and (3) accessing secure facilities, laboratories, and field test sites.

Heaviside is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Heaviside is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, physical disability or any other legally protected status.