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Overview

BAE Systems is seeking an Electronic Assembler I for their 1st shift, where employees work on advanced electronics for the aerospace and defense industry. This role involves assembling electronic components and offers opportunities for career advancement in a flexible work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Assembles electronic components, assemblies, subassemblies, and modules using samples, visual aids, prints, wiring lists, and diagrams.
  • Verifies results to ensure conformance with requirements and performs rework as needed.
  • Performs mechanical assembly operations using standard measuring tools and techniques.
  • Conducts electronic assembly operations such as wire termination and installation of electronic components.
  • Fabrics wires on a Jig Board according to specifications.
  • Prepares wires by routing, dressing, and terminating conductors to specific dimensions.
  • Pre-stages circuit card kits and forms components using machine and hand devices.
  • Performs masking operations prior to wave soldering or coating of circuit card assemblies.
  • Cleans boards per Manufacturing Control Specifications.
  • Performs other duties and responsibilities as required.

Requirements

  • High School/GED.
  • 6+ months of electronic assembly experience.
  • Ability to interpret and understand instructions on process sheets, prints, or route cards.
  • Ability to use hand tools such as cutters, pliers, and screwdrivers.
  • Ability to identify electronic components and orient them into a circuit board according to polarity.
  • Ability to use measurement tools such as scales, micrometers, and calipers.
  • May be required to achieve specified solder certification in various assembly/soldering techniques.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • This position may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.
  • In-person on-site interviews will be conducted.
  • Offers may be made on the spot if qualified after the interview.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Wayne, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 40% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $30–$40/hr across 154 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Wayne, NJ

Wayne, NJ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 214 other active welding openings from 139 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wayne, or widen the search to New Jersey.

BAE Systems, Inc. currently has 3 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Gpac (10), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $41/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Wayne at $39/hr. Wayne is among them.

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