Job Description

Overview

The Sr. Mechanical Engineer position at a Medical Device Company in Tempe, AZ, is a 12+ month contract role requiring expertise in SolidWorks and medical device design. The role involves product design, troubleshooting, and technical writing, with a focus on electro-mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

  • Participates as a team member on product design teams and performs related design functions.
  • Analyzes problems in design, process, and test development, recommending and implementing solutions.
  • Prepares and presents oral and written project updates and technical discussions.
  • Provides technical support and guidance on components, materials, methods, systems, and equipment.
  • Develops physical and functional test requirements to ensure specifications are met.
  • Writes and approves protocols and reports.
  • Manages testing outlined in protocols and test methods.
  • Manages and develops validation studies on equipment and processes.
  • Plans and coordinates engineering test builds.
  • Maintains a professional working relationship with internal and external customers and support staff.
  • Initiates new or revised documentation and tracks through appropriate approval cycles and implementation.
  • Understands and follows company procedures and regulatory requirements.
  • Participates in and provides input to training on department and division procedures and policies.
  • Develops and implements procedures and policies.

Requirements

  • 3 years of Solidworks® experience recommended; Solidworks® Certification preferred.
  • Strong hands-on experience designing, building, and testing electro-mechanical systems.
  • Programming experience with the ability and desire to learn new languages as needed.
  • Working knowledge of digital and analog I/O.
  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
  • Ability to make and present engineering decisions.
  • Strong soft skills to work with a wide range of personalities in a team setting.
  • Technical writing skills required.
  • Oral and written presentation skills required.
  • Bachelor's Degree in engineering plus 3-5 years of engineering experience in design and analysis within the medical device or another design-intensive industry.

Additional Information

  • Location: Tempe, AZ
  • Duration: 12+ Months Contract
  • Total Hours/week: 40.00
  • 1st Shift
  • Employment Type: Contract on W2 (Need US Citizens Or GC Holders Only)
  • No H1B’s

How this job compares in Tempe, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 76% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs in Tempe, AZ — toward the top of a $25–$30/hr middle band drawn from 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% 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 Tempe, AZ

We're tracking 39 other active welding openings in Tempe, AZ right now, from 29 different employers. 19 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 495 other active welding openings from 292 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 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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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Sr. Mechanical Engineer (Must Have Medical Device & SolidWorks) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.