Welding Engineer — Automotive Welding & Process Improvement

Magna International; Liberty (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k)

Paid Vacation

Profit Sharing

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Life Insurance

Job summary

Magna International in Liberty, MO seeks a Welding Engineer to support welding operations, process development, and continuous improvement in a high-volume automotive environment. You will work with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality to meet specs while boosting safety, quality, throughput, and reliability.

You will develop weld documentation, lead CI initiatives, and collaborate on PFMEA, Control Plans, and process validation.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Welding Engineering, Welding Technology, Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
• 1-2 years of resistance welding experience in manufacturing.
• Experience with PFMEA, Control Plans, APQP, Poka-Yoke and CI methods.
• Ability to read blueprints and welding symbols; GD&T knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support and optimize resistance, projection, and GMAW welding processes.
• Troubleshoot welding, quality, and production issues via root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain weld docs, standards, and process controls.
• Lead CI initiatives to improve weld quality and throughput.
• Support equipment installs, commissioning, and validation activities.
• Program basic robots and perform weld touch-ups as needed.
• Audit weld processes; maintain setup sheets and docs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on PFMEAs, Control Plans, and flows.

Skills

Resistance welding

PFMEA & Control Plans

GMAW welding

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Education

Welding Engineering / Welding Technology / Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Project)

Job description

Magna International in Liberty, MO seeks a Welding Engineer to support welding operations, process development, and continuous improvement in a high-volume automotive environment. You will work with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality to meet specs while boosting safety, quality, throughput, and reliability.

You will develop weld documentation, lead CI initiatives, and collaborate on PFMEA, Control Plans, and process validation.