Under the supervision of the Applications Engineering Manager, the Welding Applications Engineer works with the Robotic Welding Sales team, customer, and other company personnel to develop concepts for equipment and systems for sale to our customers; determines the selling price and terms for the proposed equipment; and creates accurate and complete proposals for delivery to the customer by the Sales Engineer.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary occasionally.
Interpret customer specifications to determine the scope of work. Create conceptual designs based on input from customers, sales, and engineering.
Ability to facilitate design reviews with an engineering team to review and refine initial concepts.
Work with the manufacturing team to ensure a smooth transition from the engineering prototype into the build process.
Work with Sales Engineers, customers, and internal & external resources to gather information and define a solution for the project being proposed.
Work extensively with vendors to determine the performance, interface, price, and delivery time of components to be purchased for a project.
Create proposals that are complete and accurate and meet the company's goals for profitability within the time frame allowed.
Create cost estimates that cover the entire cost of a project including labor, parts made in-house, parts purchased from suppliers, and other associated costs.
Produce and modify concept and layout drawings, either 2D or 3D, required for the proposal.
Travel as required to customers or vendors.
Meet with company management to review proposals prior to delivery to the customer and implement recommended changes.
Research, studies, and proposes use of new technologies and processes.
Create and maintain internal databases of reference information from previous projects. Modify and update existing proposals.
Recommend changes in procedures, design, or equipment where necessary.
Upon receipt of an order, relay all pertinent information to the project team needed to successfully execute the project.
Participate in design reviews and customer meetings as needed throughout the production of the project.
Comply with company policy and all quality and safety regulations.
Other duties or responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
Associate's degree in a related field, such as electronics, robot or automation technology, and five years of experience; or bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering and three years of experience.
Experience using or applying various industrial or automation equipment, such as robots, electric motors, servo motors, conveyors, PLC's and related control systems, specialty machines, gearboxes, pneumatics, bearings, etc.
Fundamental understanding of welding processes including, but not limited to, laser beam, plasma arc, resistance, friction-stir, gas tungsten arc, and gas metal arc
Robot programming experience for automated welding solutions
Tooling design experience for welded assemblies to reduce part distortion and improve part consistency
Understanding of weld strength testing methodologies, standards, and data acquisition systems used to make informed welding decisions