Research Scientist

Purpose

To design, develop and evaluate welding machines and associated processes; to conduct applied research into new areas of welding machine design and/or on new welding processes.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Utilizes and applies experience in a broad range of fields to understand weld machine development process and interactions between machine design and weld process development/optimization; collaborates with team members and members of the department, providing the benefit of this understanding to enhance the execution of projects
• Develops new welding machines, software, welding processes and/or test methodologies in accordance with company policies/procedures and in consideration of: 
• Market needs, requiring direct interface with customers, sales and marketing
• Industry codes, standards, and specifications, and
• Manufacturing process capabilities, requiring direct interface with manufacturing and methods personnel
• Establishes standards and methodologies for and conducts evaluations of product performance
• Develops/refines test methods, as applicable, to support new product development, product evaluations, and competitive benchmarking
• Facilitates development of manufacturing process capabilities to support introduction of new products
• Works with minimal direct supervision, conferring with superiors as needed; has appreciable latitude for independent action or decision
• May provide task oriented direction to Technicians, Technologists and/or Engineers Level I/II/III in the execution of development projects
• Structures projects for and provides supervision and mentoring to Engineering Interns
• Maintains records of all work in process and documents interim/final results in the applicable format; these include Project Definitions, Milestone Plans, ES Reports, Technical Reports, Project Tracking Progress Reports and presentations at meetings, seminars, and conferences

Basic Requirements

• Baccalaureate degree in Engineering (or equivalent).  Degree in Welding Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 8 years engineering experience.
• Processes and applies a broad knowledge of engineering and scientific principles, practices and procedures, within the field of specialization, to the completion of difficult assignments.
• Computer literate with working knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access and MS PowerPoint, as a minimum.
• Possesses and applies both practical and fundamental understanding of various arc welding processes.
• Experience with Robotic Programming.
• Experience with numerical modeling tools including Python is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Works effectively in a cross-functional team environment

Job Rate: Salary Grade

***The established grade and range for this job is listed above. All applicants should understand that, if selected for a posted job, the actual pay rate will generally fall within the range of the stated grade. Most typically, the pay rate will be set towards the lower end of the range and may vary slightly, depending upon candidate qualifications.