Robotic Welding Programmer & Automation Specialist

Jobot; Beloit (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a hands-on Robotic Welding Programmer to join our Beloit, WI manufacturing team. You will program, optimize, and maintain robotic weld cells, troubleshoot issues, and partner with engineering and maintenance to improve throughput and weld quality on automated lines.

This role involves reading drawings, developing fixtures, training operators, and guiding transitions from manual to robotic welding.

Qualifications

• Welding certification and/or equivalent technical degree.
• Experience programming robotic weld cells, preferably ABB.
• Ability to read drawings, work instructions, and engineering data.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving in automation.

Responsibilities

• Create, edit, maintain, and improve robotic welding and automation programs using established standards.
• Independently develop and optimize robotic programs to meet production, quality, and efficiency requirements.
• Support program creation by reading and interpreting drawings, work instructions, engineering data, and production requirements.
• Analyze existing programs and identify opportunities to improve weld consistency, cycle time, uptime, quality, and repeatability.
• Make mechanical and programming adjustments to meet quantity and quality standards.
• Troubleshoot program challenges and support corrective actions to reduce production delays, quality issues, and product inconsistencies.
• Support daily robotic weld cell operation to ensure production needs are met safely and efficiently.
• Assist with tooling, fixture setup, testing, and basic mechanical adjustments.
• Provide flexible support across manufacturing needs and adjust priorities based on changing production demands.
• Partner with maintenance and engineering to improve equipment reliability, robotic cell uptime, and automation performance.
• Serve as an escalation point for production, quality, and automation issues for more senior-level candidates.
• Design, test, implement, and improve tooling and fixtures to support robotic welding production and quality.
• Lead or support fixture setup, fixture troubleshooting, and fixture improvement activity.
• Guide part selection and support the transition of parts or processes from manual welding to robotic welding operations.
• Review and validate engineering information for manufacturability and flag discrepancies, gaps, or design concerns.
• Recommend design improvements or alternative automation methods that improve robotic weldability, quality, uptime, and production flow.
• Support the movement of appropriate parts, weldments, and processes from manual welding into robotic operations.
• Evaluate drawings, part geometry, fixtures, and process requirements to determine robotic welding feasibility.
• Partner with engineering and production teams to improve designs and processes for robotic welding success.
• Help standardize robotic welding methods to improve consistency across jobs, parts, and production cells.
• Identify process issues and implement corrective actions that improve safety, quality, production flow, and equipment performance.
• Lead or participate in root cause analysis for robotic welding, automation, fixture, equipment, and quality issues.
• For senior-level candidates, identify systemic issues and lead long-term corrective actions across robotic welding operations.
• Contribute ideas for continuous improvement of workflow, robotic programming, production processes, fixture use, and automation practices.
• Champion safety, continuous improvement, and best-in-class automation practices across the manufacturing floor.
• Communicate effectively with manufacturing, maintenance, engineering, quality, supervisors, technicians, and operators regarding issues, solutions, and production priorities.
• Collaborate with team members to support daily production needs, resolve delays, and improve robotic cell performance.
• Notify management of quality concerns, production delays, equipment issues, engineering discrepancies, or other risks impacting output.
• Work within assigned deadlines and support production timelines while maintaining quality and safety standards.
• Support training of operators and technicians on robotic weld cell operation, safe work practices, and best practices.
• For senior-level candidates, mentor and train technicians across the facility in robotic cell operation, troubleshooting, and automation standards.
• Provide technical direction for complex automation and integration challenges.
• Help build team capability around robotic welding, fixture use, process control, and safe equipment operation.
• For senior-level candidates, lead development, optimization, and standardization of robotic welding and automation programs.
• Provide technical direction for complex robotic welding, automation, and integration challenges.
• Lead tooling and fixture design strategy to improve efficiency, quality, uptime, and process repeatability.
• Oversee the transition of processes from manual to robotic operation.
• Set priorities, adjust work based on manufacturing needs, and help drive long-term improvements in robotic welding capability.

Skills

Robotic weld programming

Robotic weld cell operation

Reading drawings

Troubleshooting

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Welding certificate or technical degree

Tools

ABB systems

AutoCAD

Inventor

3D CAD

Job description

Jobot is seeking a hands-on Robotic Welding Programmer to join our Beloit, WI manufacturing team. You will program, optimize, and maintain robotic weld cells, troubleshoot issues, and partner with engineering and maintenance to improve throughput and weld quality on automated lines.

This role involves reading drawings, developing fixtures, training operators, and guiding transitions from manual to robotic welding.