Manufacturing Engineer (Machining) Hardware
Frontdoor Defense
Hawthorne, CA · $100k–$160k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $130,000 a year. Across 397 open manufacturing engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $88,000 to $126,000 and the median is $102,000. That is 27% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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Among computer hardware engineers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for computer hardware engineers: 15% (some).
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