Role Summary

Magna, Eagle Bend Manufacturing is hiring an experience Weld Engineer to program and troubleshoot robotic welding equipment and provide training for operators in addition to assisting in APQP (Advance Product Quality Planning) for new products. Weld Engineers will be responsible for quality and conformance of product to customer specifications per control plan utilizing TS16949 & ISO14001 documented systems; authority to stop non-conforming processes and report same to supervisor, Quality Assurance, and/or Engineering department representative.

Key Responsibilities

• Program and troubleshoot robotic welders and ancillary equipment
• Provide operator instruction and training
• Plan, organize and maintain equipment and process data
• Maximize production efficiency by reducing equipment downtime
• Assist Program Engineers at development stage during new product development
• Develop and implement Continuous Improvement suggestions
• Serve as Volkswagen Product Safety Representative (PSB is the customer-designation)
• Housekeeping and other duties as assigned

Key Qualifications/Requirements

• 4 year degree in Weld Engineering Technology or documented equivalent combination of education & work related experience required.
• 6 – 8 years of work related experience: resistance and MIG welding and repair; mechanical and electrical fabrication and repair; robotic welder programming and troubleshooting

Technical Education

• Knowledge of weld processes, both MIG and resistance spot welding
• Programming of robotic welders and repairs to same
• Blueprint reading
• Basic and advanced electrical knowledge including ability to read schematics
• Hydraulics and pneumatics
• Good mathematical knowledge including trigonometry
• Certified Weld Inspector (CWI) preferred

Additional Information

Equipment/Tools

• Robotics and resistance spot welding equipment
• Computers to program weld sequences
• Electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s)
• Basic hand held and power tools
• Boom
• Common office equipment (i.e. PC, copier, facsimile)

Working Conditions

• Ability to move throughout the plant
• Extended sitting and standing; reaching and bending.
• Occasional lifting of up to 40 lbs. may be required
• Loud work environment; compliance with personal protective equipment as required

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