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Job Description

Overview

This is an opportunity for a Mechanical Design Engineer from an Industrial Manufacturing background to take ownership of complex mechanical designs and progress into a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer role within a stable and expanding organization.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop industrial equipment, fabricated machinery and mechanical powertrain systems.
  • Produce manufacturing drawings, perform mechanical analysis and support component selection throughout projects.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver high-quality mechanical solutions from concept through production.

Requirements

  • Strong mechanical design background with experience using Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software.
  • Experience designing fabricated equipment, weldments and mechanical systems with knowledge of pneumatics and stress analysis.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Langhorne, Pennsylvania, commutable from Philadelphia, Doylestown, Newtown, Hatboro, Levittown, Morrisville, Bristol, Cherry Hill, Princeton, Trenton.
  • Opportunity for extensive technical training and clear progression into leadership within 3-6 months.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 48% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA — toward the top of a $30–$38/hr middle band drawn from 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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.

The local market in Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 43 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 28 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 228 other active welding openings from 143 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to 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 $34/hr and York at $25/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

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