Weld System Process Engineer

Location: Shelby - Shelby Township, MI, United States (US)

Employment Status: Hourly Full-Time

Function: Engineering

Internal Candidate Eligibility Criteria:

1. Is a Lincoln Electric employee with at least 1 year of service

2. Is NOT on an active Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)

Weld System Process Engineer

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Support the Engineering Team with required process activities throughout the design and build.

Comprehension of mechanical and control prints.

Assembly processing capabilities (including layouts and cycle time analysis).

Proficient at Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Develop innovative detailed assembly process solutions, document the process with detailed cycle time charts and provide layout to match the process.

Create standards and tools for department.

Must be capable of processing welding lines (resistance, MIG, projection, drawn arc and mechanical fastening).

Must be familiar with weld gun selection, specifying weld gun electrode design & spot distribution.

Use videos to validate, create, modify, and improve process times.

Provides technical assistance to Mechanical Engineering Department Project Engineers.

Product and GD&T control (including station assemblies).

Analyze and validate machine ergonomics.

Develop and maintain formal cycle time charts.

Maintain existing process documents.

Follow up on floor during machine builds & buyoff to evaluate cycle times.

Utilization of INVENTOR or ACAD for development of tooling concepts and layout drawings.

Review & respond to customer inquiries and engineering changes.

Ability to multitask between multiple projects, meetings, and daily priorities within the group

Willingness to work in the office and occasionally at a customer plant.

Line up the Simulation group at the start of the program and follow thru to completion.

Follow up on floor during machine builds & buyoff to evaluate cycle times.

Education & Experience

3 years background in Technical, Proposal & Estimating; as well as Engineering and Weld System Design.

Know-how in Mechanical and Controls aspects. Demonstrated past Engineering, Estimating and Conceptual Designs for customers.

Working level and competent in Inventor and/or 3D ACAD.

Travel is minimal; approximately ~3%

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.