Staff Mechanical Engineer
Location
Tempe, AZ
Wage
$152,000 – $185,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 16, 2026
Location
Tempe, AZ
Wage
$152,000 – $185,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 16, 2026
GTI is a contract manufacturing partner that supports customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems. They are seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer to provide senior technical leadership across complex modular power and industrial systems, serving as a technical authority for mechanical system design and integration.
At roughly $81/hr, this posting sits about 189% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona — toward the top of a $24–$35/hr middle band drawn from 158 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 99% 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 17 other active welding openings in Tempe, AZ right now, from 13 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 394 other active welding openings from 181 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tempe, or widen the search to Arizona.
GTI Fabrication currently has 4 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (22), and EZARC (16). 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 Tolleson at $38/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $29/hr. Tempe is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Staff Mechanical Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.