R&D Machinist - 1st Shift
Location
Parsippany, NJ
Wage
$32.5 – $42/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 11, 2026
Location
Parsippany, NJ
Wage
$32.5 – $42/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 11, 2026
GE Vernova, part of GE Gas Power, is focused on providing advanced, cleaner, and efficient power solutions through innovation and collaboration. The R&D Machinist role involves fabrication and design for manufacturing, contributing to Lean manufacturing initiatives and creating production-ready plans.
At roughly $37/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $36/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 131 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
Parsippany, NJ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 198 other active welding openings from 117 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (15), Rhoads Industries (12), and Gpac (10). 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 Newark at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. R&D Machinist - 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.