Mechanical Systems Technician II
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$26.13/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 6, 2026
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$26.13/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 6, 2026
The Mechanical Systems Technician II position at NASA's largest engineering solutions provider involves skilled work in the development, fabrication, calibration, setup, operation, and maintenance of laboratory fixtures and equipment, contributing to human space exploration.
At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 18% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX, where the middle half runs $23–$41/hr across 73 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 41% 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.
We're tracking 313 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 175 different employers. 81 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,092 other active welding openings from 492 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.
Amentum currently has 3 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (33), Austin Industries (29), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $40/hr, Dallas at $39/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanical Systems Technician II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.