Job Description

Overview

We are 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 Fort Washington, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$35/hr across 97 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Fort Washington, PA

Fort Washington, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 254 other active welding openings from 158 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), and TradeWorx (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 $30/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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