Assembler - San Diego, CA, United States
$21 - $32 USD hourly
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves building advanced electronic, mechanical, and optical assemblies that power KLA-Filmetrics instruments. You will be completing assigned production work, troubleshooting basic issues, and ensuring finished systems meet quality and shipment requirements.
What you'll do
- Review schedules, Work Orders, Sales Orders, and tasks; verify materials and documentation.
- Build electronic, mechanical, and optical subassemblies, instruments, upgrades, and accessories using approved instructions and hand tools.
- Crimp, solder, assemble, and install cables and harnesses; handle sensitive fibers and optical components; perform alignment and calibration.
- Perform basic mechanical, electrical, and optical troubleshooting; submit Production Tech Support and Non-Conformance requests when issues cannot be resolved.
- Accurately document material, build, alignment, technical, and work-instruction issues and track Work Order progress.
- Prepare completed products for review, certification, packaging, and shipment.
What you'll need
- At least four years of manufacturing assembly experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Ability to read and follow assembly documents, work instructions, and production requirements.
- Experience assembling mechanical, electrical, electronic, or optical components and using basic hand tools and computers.
- Basic mechanical and electrical knowledge.
- Ability to perform initial troubleshooting.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of electrostatic discharge practices for sensitive components.
- Experience with optics, electro-optics, optical alignment, calibration, soldering, crimping, cable harnesses, or electronic test equipment.
- Experience supporting multiple products, configurations, options, or upgrades.
- Familiarity with Click Up or similar production-tracking systems.
- Experience documenting troubleshooting, Non-Conformance issues, or work-instruction updates.
Skills: electronic, mechanical, and optical assemblies, production work, troubleshoot basic issues, quality and shipment requirements, manufacturing assembly
This role has been open 11 days — well below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2432
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$100k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (2432 roles · 77 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 39 | 2432 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 452 | 9739 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 33 d | 52 d (−19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $100k |
Skills observed across this category: electronic, mechanical, and optical assemblies, production work, troubleshoot basic issues, quality and shipment requirements, manufacturing assembly
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 385 open roles · median 81 d
- Entegris · 244 open roles · median 30 d
- Applied Materials · 231 open roles · median 38 d
- Lam Research · 105 open roles · median 53 d
- Infineon Technologies · 90 open roles · median 51 d
- ASML · 75 open roles · median 70 d
How we counted: 2432 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 77 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.