Welding Engineer

persona.ai; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

persona.ai seeks a Welding Engineer to own the welding aspects of our humanoid robot applications. You will develop and refine motion paths for the welding robot and optimize weld parameters to ensure robust, high-precision welds across materials and positions.

You’ll collaborate with certification bodies to develop standards, identify needed sensors and tooling, and translate welding knowledge into requirements for perception, manipulation and controls teams.

Qualifications

• M.S., B.S. in Welding Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in a welding operations role in heavy equipment manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience with MIG, GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) and FCAW ( Flux-core Arc Welding) welding processes across a range of materials and welding positions.
• Ability to thrive operating in a fast paced engineering environment with a lot of autonomy.
• Strong ability to create documentation, welding processes, and reports to aid in certification and qualification.
• Comfort with ambiguity and first-of-kind applications. This role requires building processes from scratch, not maintaining established ones.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine motion paths for the welding humanoid robot.
• Optimize weld parameters (voltage, amperage, shielding gas) to minimize thermal distortion and maximize penetration.
• Collaborate with governing bodies to develop standards and certification processes for the humanoid robot.
• Identify required sensors and tooling for performing welding tasks.
• Translate welding domain knowledge into requirements for perception, manipulation, and controls teams.

Skills

MIG welding

GMAW

FCAW

Autonomy

Education

M.S./B.S. in Welding Engineering or related field

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

We are looking for a Welding Engineer to join our Applications team who has a strong understanding of what it takes to perform high quality welds through manual and robotic welding processes. But you want to deploy that knowledge to a new platform, the humanoid robot. In short, we need someone to own the welding aspects of our application development.

Your Role:

• Develop and refine motion paths for the welding humanoid robot.

• Optimize weld parameters (voltage, amperage, shielding gas) to minimize thermal distortion and maximize penetration.

• Collaborate with governing bodies to develop standards and certification processes for the humanoid robot.

• Identify required sensors and tooling for performing welding tasks.

• Translate welding domain knowledge into requirements for perception, manipulation, and controls teams.

We’re Looking For:

• M.S., B.S. in Welding Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering.

• 5+ years of experience in a welding operations role in heavy equipment manufacturing.

• Hands-on experience with MIG, GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) and FCAW ( Flux-core Arc Welding) welding processes across a range of materials and welding positions.

• Ability to thrive operating in a fast paced engineering environment with a lot of autonomy.

• Strong ability to create documentation, welding processes, and reports to aid in certification and qualification.

• Comfort with ambiguity and first-of-kind applications. This role requires building processes from scratch, not maintaining established ones.

Preferred or Bonus Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of industry welding codes, standards, and the required documentation for certification and qualification.

• Experience designing and implementing robotic welding algorithms such as touch sensing, through-the-arc seam tracking, and laser seam tracking.

• Experience with verification testing of weld path accuracy and repeatability.

• Operational experience in robotic welding or in demanding industrial environments.

• Project management experience.