Welding Engineer - Auto Manufacturing Lead

Magna International; Liberty, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation and Holidays

401(k)

Profit Sharing

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Life Insurance and AD&D Coverage

Job summary

Magna International is seeking a Welding Engineer to support high-volume welding operations at Liberty, MO. You will help develop, optimize, and control welding processes including resistance, projection, and GMAW, while working with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality teams to meet customer specs.

You will contribute to safety, quality, throughput, and reliability, participate in PFMEA and control plans, and support equipment installation and process validation.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Welding Engineering, Welding Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
• 1-2 years of resistance welding experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• Experience with PFMEA, Control Plans, APQP, mistake-proofing (Poka-Yoke), and continuous improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Support and optimize resistance welding, projection welding, and GMAW welding processes.
• Troubleshoot welding, quality, and production issues through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop, maintain, and improve weld documentation, standards, and process controls.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve weld quality, process capability, and production throughput.
• Support equipment installation, integration, commissioning, and process validation activities.
• Perform welder setup, weld parameter development, consumable life studies, weld lobe development, and schedule optimization.
• Perform basic robot programming and weld touch-ups as needed.
• Audit welding processes and maintain weld setup sheets and process documentation.
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop PFMEAs, Control Plans, Process Flows, and standardized work.
• Support manufacturing launches, engineering changes, customer requirements, and project execution from design through production.

Skills

Resistance welding

GMAW welding

Root cause analysis

Welding documentation

PFMEA

Control Plans

Blueprint reading

CAD software

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Post-secondary education in Welding Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Microsoft Office (Excel/PowerPoint/Project)

Job description

Magna International is seeking a Welding Engineer to support high-volume welding operations at Liberty, MO. You will help develop, optimize, and control welding processes including resistance, projection, and GMAW, while working with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality teams to meet customer specs.

You will contribute to safety, quality, throughput, and reliability, participate in PFMEA and control plans, and support equipment installation and process validation.