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Job Description

Overview

Join a fast-paced, hands-on team responsible for building thousands of custom cable assemblies that support advanced engineering and machine development. This role is ideal for someone with strong mechanical aptitude, excellent attention to detail, and proven experience in cable fabrication.

Responsibilities

  • Support engineering activities such as design, test, check-out, modification, fabrication and assembly of prototype electro mechanical systems.
  • Work from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts or defined plans to perform testing, checkout and trouble-shooting functions.
  • Perform operational test and fault isolation on systems and equipment.
  • Assist in determining methods or actions to remedy malfunctions.
  • Assist in the design, test and check-out of test equipment.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in electromechanical assembly.
  • Experience building prototypes.
  • Proficient in reading technical drawings and performing wire preparation, crimping, and connector installation.
  • Skilled in using hand crimp tools, wire strippers, extraction tools, and soldering equipment.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Capable of lifting items weighing 20–50 pounds occasionally.
  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
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How this job compares in Fort Washington, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, manufacturing welder jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$31/hr across 14 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 Fort Washington, PA

Fort Washington, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 321 other active welding openings from 196 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Phillips Tank & Structure (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $32/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and Malvern at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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