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Job Description

Overview

The 1st Shift Cable Assembler position involves assembling flexible and semi-rigid RF cables to engineering specifications, including soldering and welding connectors. Times Microwave Manufacturing offers a clean and quiet environment for assembling high-quality RF cables for military, aerospace, and space applications.

Responsibilities

  • Reads and interprets engineering documents
  • Follows work instructions to produce flexible and semi-rigid cables per customer requirements
  • Works with Engineers to problem solve production issues
  • Preps cables to prepare for assembly
  • Solders or welds connectors to cables
  • Measures and bends specialty cables to specific dimensions
  • Completes required documentation

Requirements

  • High School Diploma, GED or equivalent experience
  • 1-2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience manufacturing cable or cable assemblies, preferred
  • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and work instructions
  • Ability to read micrometers and calipers
  • Ability to read, speak and understand English
  • Welding or soldering experience, preferred
  • Ability to perform basic math functions (add, subtract, multiply and divide), including working with fractions and decimals
  • Ability to work effectively with small hand tools and microscopes

Additional Information

  • Location: Mesa, AZ
  • Department: Production
  • Posted: 8/21/2026
  • Shift: 1st Shift
  • FLSA: Hourly
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How this job compares in Mesa, AZ

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.

The local market in Mesa, AZ

We're tracking 56 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 40 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 274 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.

Times Microwave Systems currently has 3 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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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