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Overview

We are seeking an experienced Field Service Engineer to join a global leader in automated processing, sorting, and packaging technology. This role involves installing, commissioning, upgrading, and servicing advanced machinery at customer sites across the globe, with significant international travel.

Responsibilities

  • Repair, rebuild, upgrade, and retrofit machinery, including motors, drives, sensors, conveyors, pneumatics, and control panels.
  • Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, PLC logic, and mechanical drawings.
  • Assemble, configure, and modify complete machines and production systems using mechanical, electrical, and electronic tools.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex electrical, mechanical, PLC, HMI, servo, VFD, AC/DC, and control system issues.
  • Perform preventive maintenance activities to maximize machine uptime and reliability.
  • Relocate, upgrade, and retrofit new and existing equipment at customer sites.

Requirements

  • Experience as a Field Service Engineer, Field Service Technician, or similar technical service role.
  • Strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience with PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo systems, and automation equipment.
  • Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
  • Experience with pneumatic and hydraulic systems troubleshooting.
  • Comfortable traveling internationally for extended periods (70-80% travel).

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Anywhere within living distance of a major airport.
  • Must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa.
  • This is a new role.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 11% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX — toward the top of a $28–$39/hr middle band drawn from 51 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 69% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Dallas, TX

We're tracking 127 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 78 different employers. 42 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,322 other active welding openings from 611 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

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

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (32), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are San Angelo at $39/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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