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Overview

Parker Aerospace develops technologies and innovative solutions for reliable, efficient, and sustainable flight throughout the aircraft lifecycle. The Aerospace TIG Welder role involves applying welding processes to join aircraft components, ensuring quality and safety in a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Completes routine and some advanced welding tasks while applying standard practices.
  • Properly prepares weld surfaces.
  • Interprets and follows written instructions, sketches, weld schedules, drawings and documents.
  • Performs all work in accordance with established standards and safety procedures.
  • Performs fitting of assemblies.
  • May train others on prior job experience.
  • Repairs some of his or her own parts.
  • Regularly evaluates his/her own product quality for continuous improvement.
  • Works under limited oversight.
  • Successfully completes the Exotic Metals TIG weld training program and/or has equivalent experience.
  • Holds multiple, basic Exotic Metals weld qualification/certifications, including Fillet Welding as required.
  • Meets or exceeds operations standards for efficiency.
  • Reads and understands router operations, sketches, blueprints, and specifications as necessary to perform the job function.
  • Has basic knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Can move to various work areas easily with experience.
  • Must be able to use mathematics relevant to welding functions.
  • Requires familiarity with machine tools, precision instruments and good manual dexterity.
  • Knows when to stop and finds appropriate interpretation when necessary.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Use of protective clothing, goggles, helmets with protective lenses, and other equipment to prevent burns and eye injuries.
  • The welder performs physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and frequent movement of the whole body, such as climbing, lifting up to 50 pounds, balancing and handling of material.
  • This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Airway Heights, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 10% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$35/hr across 73 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 27% 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 Airway Heights, WA

Airway Heights, WA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 93 other active welding openings from 63 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

Parker Hannifin currently has 4 other openings live in Washington, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (13), Parker Hannifin (4), and All American Marine (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $38/hr, Bremerton at $34/hr, and Bellingham at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

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.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Aerospace TIG Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.