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Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ : LECO) with over 12,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.

Location : Euclid - 22801

Employment Status : Salary Full-Time

Function : Research & Development

Req ID :   27300

Purpose

To design, develop and evaluate welding machines and associated processes; to conduct applied research into new areas of welding machine design and / or on new welding processes.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Utilizes and applies experience in a broad range of fields to understand weld machine development process and interactions between machine design and weld process development / optimization; collaborates with team members and members of the department, providing the benefit of this understanding to enhance the execution of projects
• Develops new welding machines, software, welding processes and / or test methodologies in accordance with company policies / procedures and in consideration of :
• Market needs, requiring direct interface with customers, sales and marketing
• Industry codes, standards, and specifications, and
• Manufacturing process capabilities, requiring direct interface with manufacturing and methods personnel
• Establishes standards and methodologies for and conducts evaluations of product performance
• Develops / refines test methods, as applicable, to support new product development, product evaluations, and competitive benchmarking
• Facilitates development of manufacturing process capabilities to support introduction of new products
• Works with minimal direct supervision, conferring with superiors as needed; has appreciable latitude for independent action or decision
• May provide task oriented direction to Technicians, Technologists and / or Engineers Level I / II / III in the execution of development projects
• Structures projects for and provides supervision and mentoring to Engineering Interns
• Maintains records of all work in process and documents interim / final results in the applicable format; these include Project Definitions, Milestone Plans, ES Reports, Technical Reports, Project Tracking Progress Reports and presentations at meetings, seminars, and conferences

Basic Requirements

Job Rate : Salary Grade

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.