Welding Applications Engineer

About the role

The Application Engineer is responsible for providing application support, product recommendations, troubleshooting, and other technical support to product managers, R&D, Quality, ITW sales team, Sales Channel, and End-Users. The application Engineer will be a Hobart product expert and work on welding-related projects to increase the "pull through" of ITW Welding Products.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an Application Expert regarding stick electrodes, tubular, aluminum, and solid wire products and processes.
• Perform and create key product data to support customer needs.
• Provide end-user solutions to optimize value, both via phone and at customer sites.
• Perform and create reports on product evaluations and customer projects.
• Effectively conduct training sessions (theoretical and practical) in welding techniques and processes for internal and external customers.
• Field calls from the Applications Engineering Hotline.
• Conduct competitive analysis of other welding products.
• Conduct weld trials and procedure testing in a weld lab environment utilizing ITW Welding solutions.
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time; limited international travel, if any, required.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required by January 2027; preference for Welding Engineering, Welding Technology, or Material Science with a materials joining emphasis.
• Two or more years of industry work experience preferred.

Skills

• Strong application knowledge in welding processes and manufacturing technologies.
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to work with customers to understand issues and propose effective solutions.
• Ability to analyze data sets, problems, and situations and make impactful data-driven decisions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills including computer skills such as Word Documents and Excel spreadsheets.
• Time management skills, strong initiative, and be a self-starter/team player.
• Capable of working with minimal supervision and driving objectives to completion.
• Experience with programming robotic arc welding systems preferred.