Robotic Welding Programmer - Elevate Automation & Quality

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

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a hands‑on Robotic Welding Programmer to create, maintain, and improve robotic welding programs on the production floor. You will work with manufacturing, engineering, and maintenance to ensure weld cells run reliably, with fixtures and tooling optimized for quality and throughput.

Responsibilities include program development, troubleshooting, fixture support, and training operators, with opportunities for senior roles in automation strategy and standards.

Qualifications

• Welding certificate, technical degree, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with robotic weld cell operation.
• Robotic weld programming experience required; ABB experience preferred.
• Experience with robotic and/or automated equipment programming.
• Familiarity with PLC programming preferred; ABB PLC experience is a plus.
• Experience with sheet metal fabrication, forming, cut-to-length, and/or press brake operations.
• AutoCAD, Inventor, or 3D CAD experience is a plus.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to make mechanical or program adjustments to support production needs.

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 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.

Skills

Robotic weld programming

Welding & fabrication

Troubleshooting

Reading drawings

Automation & PLC

Tools

ABB systems

ABB PLC

AutoCAD

Job description

Jobot is seeking a hands‑on Robotic Welding Programmer to create, maintain, and improve robotic welding programs on the production floor. You will work with manufacturing, engineering, and maintenance to ensure weld cells run reliably, with fixtures and tooling optimized for quality and throughput.

Responsibilities include program development, troubleshooting, fixture support, and training operators, with opportunities for senior roles in automation strategy and standards.