Job Description

Overview

Insight Global is seeking a hands-on Prototyping Technician with strong electro-mechanical skills to support the build, integration, and testing of prototype machinery. This position is ideal for someone who is comfortable working directly with mechanical and electrical components and can take ownership of hands-on machine builds with guidance from engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Build prototype machines using schematics, engineering drawings, and component data sheets
  • Work effectively when drawings, schematics, or documentation are still being developed or are incomplete
  • Assemble motorized mechanisms and mechanical structures
  • Integrate components including motors, motor amplifiers, and sensors
  • Perform hands-on electro-mechanical assembly and machine integration
  • Power up completed systems and perform functional testing
  • Troubleshoot issues that arise during the build and testing process
  • Work alongside engineers while independently completing as much of the machine build and testing process as possible

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on electro-mechanical background
  • Experience building, assembling, or integrating machinery or equipment
  • Experience working with motorized mechanisms, motors, motor amplifiers, and sensors
  • Strong mechanical assembly skills, including building mechanical structures
  • Ability to read and work from schematics, drawings, and technical data sheets
  • Experience powering up and testing electro-mechanical systems
  • Comfortable working with prototype equipment where documentation may not yet be complete
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating with an engineering team

How this job compares in Upper Dublin, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $27–$38/hr across 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 35% 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 Upper Dublin, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Upper Dublin, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 228 other active welding openings from 143 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), TradeWorx (6), and Mission Critical Group (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $35/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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