Manufacturing Technician 1 (2:00pm - 10:30pm Shift)
Velo3D · Fremont, CA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Travel
- 15%
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level manufacturing role at Velo3D (industrial) in Fremont, CA. Velo’s 3D printers can build parts that are impossible for every other metalworking machine or technique in the world.
- Day to day
- about 15% travel
- Openings
- 3 with this title at this site
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in California: typical posted base $56k–$78k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 118 manufacturing technician openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 85 other live manufacturing postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $84k–$121k, from 13 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 37%
- Machining 35%
- Team leadership 35%
- CNC 35%
- New product launch 23%
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- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
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This plant: Velo3D in Fremont
12 other open roles at this site.
- Process Engineer II/III · Process · Senior
- Process Engineering Technician · Process
- Quality Engineer · Quality
- Capital Equipment Technician 1 · Manufacturing · Technician
- Quality Assurance Engineer II, Preprint · Quality
- Quality Assurance Engineer II, Print · Quality
Full description from Velo3DAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Requirements
Candidates will be required to travel approximately 10–15% of the time, including trips of up to one week at a time, to support machine installations at various locations throughout the United States.
Responsibilities
- ◆Assemble critical system components, maintaining precision and high standards every time.
- ◆Test system components for performance using advanced metrology equipment.
- ◆Monitor material and parts with a keen eye for defects and non-conformance.
- ◆Maintain organized and detailed testing records.
- ◆Ensure adequate quantities of all necessary subcomponents and materials are available in inventory.
- ◆Reliably escalate problems and communicate suggestions for improvement.
- ◆Work with manufacturing and shipping departments to send system components where they are needed.
- ◆Work with print shop team to develop skills needed to operate systems
- ◆Work with engineering to develop skills required for system bring up
Qualifications
- ✓Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Excel.
- ✓Mechanical aptitude and at least three years of formal or informal hands-on experience with mechanical systems and components.
- ✓Preference will be given to those possessing experience with metrology equipment or specialized machinery.
- ✓Excellent work ethic
- ✓Uncompromising drive for excellence
- ✓Good organizational skills and ability to keep detailed records.
- ✓Motivation to identify problem areas and implement new techniques for quality improvement.
- ✓Honesty and character to admit responsibility for mistakes so that they can be quickly remediated.
- ✓Forklift experience
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Position Overview
Velo’s 3D printers can build parts that are impossible for every other metalworking machine or technique in the world. As part of this cutting-edge technology, the components that form part of these machines must deliver high performance while maintaining reliability. As a manufacturing technician, you will work under the direction of process and manufacturing engineers to build and test one-of-a-kind system components for R&D and manufacturing teams.
Shift Schedule & Location
- •Candidates must be available to work Monday through Friday from 2:00pm to 10:30pm with occasional overtime as required.
- •Candidates must be able to work on-site in Fremont, CA for the first 6–8 months, after which the position will be based in Livermore, CA
Travel
Physical Demands
- •Able to lift a maximum of 50 pounds and stand for extended periods of time
- •Must wear steel-toed boots
- •Must wear protective eye-wear
- •May require hearing protection
- •High frequency of computer keyboarding
- •High frequency of viewing a computer monitor
- •Other personal protective equipment as applicable