Mechanical Design Engineer
Location
Chandler, AZ
Wage
$66,900 – $124,300/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 11, 2026
Location
Chandler, AZ
Wage
$66,900 – $124,300/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 11, 2026
We are working with a specialist aerospace and defence engineering business based in Chandler, Arizona, to recruit a Mechanical Design Engineer. This is an opportunity to join an established engineering team developing and supporting specialist mechanical products and systems for demanding aerospace, space and defence applications.
At roughly $46/hr, this posting sits about 77% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Chandler, AZ — toward the top of a $23–$31/hr middle band drawn from 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 94% 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 68 other active welding openings in Chandler, AZ right now, from 34 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 482 other active welding openings from 246 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chandler, or widen the search to Arizona.
The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17), 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, Scottsdale at $36/hr, and Tempe at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanical Design Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.