Welding Engineer: Precision Manufacturing & Process Lead

Sun Recruiting, Inc.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sun Recruiting, Inc. represents a client in Buffalo seeking a Welding Engineer to own welding processes for precision components.

You will develop repeatable joining methods, resolve production challenges, and coordinate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to improve weld integrity and product performance. You will lead welding procedures, evaluate materials and joint designs, support qualification activities, investigate defects, and train production staff on methods and controls to

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing and troubleshooting welding processes in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of welding metallurgy, engineering drawings, weld symbols, inspection methods, and process documentation.
• Ability to analyze technical problems and communicate corrective actions clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and optimize welding procedures, process parameters, joint preparation, tooling, and fixturing for new and existing products.
• Evaluate materials, joint designs, heat input, distortion, and weldability to establish reliable production processes.
• Support procedure and welder qualification activities and maintain technical records against customer and industry requirements.
• Investigate weld defects and process variation; lead root cause analysis and implement corrective actions with manufacturing and quality.
• Partner with design engineers to improve joint accessibility, manufacturability, and assembly consistency.
• Plan welding trials and support inspection, testing, process validation, and transfer of new products into production.
• Train production personnel on approved methods and prepare work instructions, acceptance criteria, and process controls.
• Evaluate welding equipment and process improvements that reduce scrap, rework, and cycle time while supporting safe operations.
• Bachelor's degree requirement with hands-on welding process experience in manufacturing.

Skills

Welding engineering

Root cause analysis

Process optimization

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Welding Engineering

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

Sun Recruiting, Inc. represents a client in Buffalo seeking a Welding Engineer to own welding processes for precision components.

You will develop repeatable joining methods, resolve production challenges, and coordinate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to improve weld integrity and product performance. You will lead welding procedures, evaluate materials and joint designs, support qualification activities, investigate defects, and train production staff on methods and controls to