Applications Welding Engineer
Sterling Engineering, Inc.
- Columbus, OH
- 8 days ago
- $100,000–$160,000 Per Year
Highlights
This role will work closely with welding and robotics engineers on weld parameter development, robotic welding experiments, motion planning, and customer applications. Position Overview Seeking a Welding Engineer to support the development, testing, and optimization of advanced robotic welding systems.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Columbus, OH |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $100,000–$160,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Welding Engineer – Robotic Welding
Travel: 30–50%
Compensation is based on experience: $100k-160k
Position Overview
Seeking a Welding Engineer to support the development, testing, and optimization of advanced robotic welding systems. This role will work closely with welding and robotics engineers on weld parameter development, robotic welding experiments, motion planning, and customer applications.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and test welding parameters including voltage, wire speed, and travel speed.
- Conduct robotic welding experiments and troubleshoot weld quality.
- Partner with robotics engineers on robot motion, path planning, and automated welding strategies.
- Test sensors, inspection systems, welding processes, and new robotic hardware.
- Fabricate and weld test coupons for application testing.
- Operate robotic welding cells and perform manual welding when needed.
- Support customer applications and travel approximately 30–50%.
Must Have
- Must Have: 3+ years of experience developing robotic welding procedures in an industrial environment.
- Must Have: Experience with industrial robotics including Yaskawa, ABB, KUKA, and/or FANUC.
- Must Have: Experience developing welding parameters for carbon steel, stainless steel, and/or aluminum.
- Strong knowledge of weld symbols, drawings, and print interpretation.
Highly Preferred
- Highly Preferred: Hands-on experience with GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, and/or SMAW.
- Highly Preferred: Experience with robotic welding cells, automated welding systems, sensors, or inspection equipment.
- Highly Preferred: Experience with Design of Experiments (DoE) and welding process optimization.
- Experience troubleshooting robotic welding applications in a manufacturing environment.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible PTO
- 401(k)
- Paid parental leave
- Employee referral program
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.