Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

We are looking for a Test Technician to join our Rempe facility in Tempe, AZ, who will perform routine tasks related to the testing of raw materials, manufactured products, or manufacturing processes under general supervision. Curtiss-Wright's Sensors & Controls Division has over 50 years of experience in aviation technology, providing critical components for various commercial, defense, and industrial platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Use test procedures, investigate and analyze test failures.
  • Document the review and evaluation of in-process rejections and trends, recommending corrective action as appropriate.
  • Work with established test procedures.
  • Provide assistance in the areas of predictability, manufacturing processing, equipment, and process improvement.

Requirements

  • Problem-solving skills and decisive knowledge of appropriate testing methods.
  • Comfortable with industry-specific testing equipment.
  • Knowledge of testing equipment maintenance.
  • Understands the importance of product quality and compliance to health and safety procedures.
  • 5+ years of experience in a similar role.
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent.

Additional Information

  • Location: Tempe - AZ
  • This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening.
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Tempe, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Tempe, AZ, whose middle half runs $26–$52/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 45% 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 Tempe, AZ

We're tracking 36 other active welding openings in Tempe, AZ right now, from 26 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 488 other active welding openings from 276 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tempe, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (14), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (14), and GTI Fabrication (11). 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 Phoenix at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Tempe, AZ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Test Technician Sr. figures were last recalculated when this page was built.