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Overview

The Avionics Technician is responsible for fabricating, assembling, modifying, repairing, and testing wire harnesses and electrical assemblies for development, production, and prototypes. This role requires experience with various tools and techniques to ensure high-quality electrical components.

Responsibilities

  • Fabricate, assemble, modify, repair, test development, production and prototype wire harnesses and electrical assemblies.
  • Construct wire harnesses and panels by cutting, sorting, color-coding, measuring, stripping, crimping, soldering, routing, and inspecting various lengths, types, and gauges of wire.
  • Operate tools and equipment such as wire strippers, crimpers, solder iron, wire identification and cutting machines, heat guns, and associated tools.

Requirements

  • Experience constructing wire harnesses and panels using various techniques.
  • Experience using written instructions and drawings to complete tasks.
  • Experience using hand tools and/or hand-held power tools.
  • Experience determining gauge size of wire.

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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Mesa, AZ currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$33/hr across 23 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

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We're tracking 56 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 39 different employers. 24 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 484 other active welding openings from 273 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mesa, 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.

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