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Overview

Insight Global is seeking Prototype Engineering Test Technicians to join a large public safety client in North Scottsdale. This organization designs, manufactures, and distributes various public safety equipment and total solutions for law enforcement and government agencies worldwide.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct a variety of functional, performance, and durability tests on prototype systems and components.
  • Record, organize, and manage test data, observations, and results with a high degree of accuracy.
  • Communicate test outcomes, technical issues, and prototype concerns clearly to design engineers, management, and cross-functional partners.
  • Measure components precisely using calipers, pin gauges, and other inspection and measurement tools.
  • Use high-speed video capture and other test equipment to evaluate prototype performance.
  • Fabricate and modify prototype parts using shop equipment and hand tools, including mills, lathes, Dremel tools, cutting tools, and files.
  • Support CNC machining, 3D printing, welding, soldering, and other fabrication activities as needed.
  • Operate and maintain 3D printers, including printing, post-processing, cleaning, and basic troubleshooting of printed parts.
  • Prepare and assist in executing customer demonstrations and off-site testing/field testing of prototype systems.

Requirements

  • Experience assembling, testing, troubleshooting, and/or fabricating mechanical or electromechanical products.
  • Proficiency with common shop/lab tools, measuring instruments, and basic fabrication equipment.
  • Familiarity or exposure to 3D printing, CNC machining, soldering, and/or welding.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • On-site Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Scottsdale, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, where the middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 204 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 31% 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.

The local market in Scottsdale, AZ

Scottsdale, AZ currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 253 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Scottsdale, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (27), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (19). 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 Chandler at $36/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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