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Overview

Mercury Systems is seeking a Mechanical Assembler to perform various tasks related to production operations on electronics and mechanical assemblies for aerospace and defense applications. The role requires a focus on quality and adherence to IPC standards while working in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

  • Install, assemble and inspect electronic components per documented work instructions.
  • Interpret job routers, written instructions, wiring diagrams and schematic drawings for assembly of electronics.
  • Demonstrate professionalism, leadership and initiatives daily.
  • Perform a variety of inspections to ensure assemblies meet/exceed IPC standards.
  • Perform pass downs with outgoing/incoming shifts.
  • Disassemble and re-assemble, modify, rework assemblies and subassemblies according to specifications.
  • Train new team members.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain security clearance.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 2-3+ years of mechanical assembly experience.
  • Knowledge of ESD (Electrostatic discharge) procedures.
  • Must have meticulous hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity.
  • Must be detail oriented and able to multitask.
  • Must be able to work a flexible schedule to meet production and customer needs, including overtime.
  • IPC-610/620 and/or JSTD 001 certifications or ability to obtain.
  • Must be comfortable with working under a microscope.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Mercury offers a 9/80 alternative work schedule for work/life balance.
  • The position requires a government security clearance.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Phoenix, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, whose middle half runs $25–$35/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 51% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Phoenix, AZ

We're tracking 218 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 141 different employers. 86 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 495 other active welding openings from 293 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.

Mercury Systems currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are EZARC (18), Sundt Construction (15), and U-Haul (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Mirage at $38/hr, Waddell at $34/hr, and Mesa at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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