R&D Machinist - 1st Shift
Location
Parsippany, NJ
Wage
$32.5 – $42/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 10, 2026
Location
Parsippany, NJ
Wage
$32.5 – $42/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 10, 2026
GE Vernova, part of GE Gas Power, is focused on providing advanced, cleaner, and efficient power solutions through innovation and collaboration. The R&D Machinist role involves fabrication specialization, concept development, and bridging the gap between design and production.
At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $28–$38/hr middle band drawn from 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% 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.
Parsippany, NJ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 183 other active welding openings from 127 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (7), Lockheed Martin (7), and DC Fabricators (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 New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Moorestown at $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. R&D Machinist - 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.