Design Engineer
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$79,000 – $126,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 6, 2026
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$79,000 – $126,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 6, 2026
The Design Engineer position focuses on providing 3D models and 2D prints of component and assembly drawings to support manufacturing engineering projects. Candidates will work closely with seasoned experts and are expected to develop skills in SolidWorks and AutoCAD, along with knowledge in fixturing design and GD&T.
At roughly $49/hr, this posting sits about 97% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$33/hr middle band drawn from 87 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
We're tracking 361 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 196 different employers. 123 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 562 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.
MD&A currently has 4 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 Austin Industries (34), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). 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 Pasadena at $36/hr, Dallas at $35/hr, and Midlothian at $35/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. Design Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.