Laser Welding & Robotic Programming Technician

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Product Creation and Industrialization (PC&I) brings together Ford's vehicle, electric, digital and design teams with our global manufacturing system. Working as one end-to-end organization, we turn ideas into high-quality vehicles, software and experiences across gas, hybrid and electric, designed around what customers need.

In this position...

The Laser Welding & Robotic Programming Technician supports the setup, programming, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and optimization of robotic laser welding systems. This role works with engineering, production, maintenance, and customer teams to help deliver safe, reliable processes that meet weld-quality and production requirements.

The Laser Welding & Robotic Programming Technician supports the setup, programming, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and optimization of robotic laser welding systems. This role works with engineering, production, maintenance, and customer teams to help deliver safe, reliable processes that meet weld-quality and production requirements.

What you'll do...

• Program, adjust, and troubleshoot industrial robots used in laser welding and related manufacturing

processes.

• Support setup and optimization of laser-welding parameters to achieve required weld quality and

process performance.

• Assist with installing, commissioning, testing, and validating robotic laser systems at customer and

production sites.

• Support robot-vision systems, including verifying part-location data and applying robot-path

corrections.

• Run and update offline programs and simulations; check robot paths, reach, tooling access, and cycle

time.

• Diagnose robot, sensors, vision, laser, tooling, and communication issues; document findings and

support corrective actions.

• Work with engineering and controls teams to integrate robotic, electrical, mechanical, and software

systems.

• Follow established safety procedures and support equipment and process buyoffs.
• Maintain robot programs, setup information, test records, and work instructions.
• Assist with operator and maintenance training on system operation and basic troubleshooting.
• Communicate technical issues, progress, and customer needs clearly to project and engineering teams.

What you'll do...

• Program, adjust, and troubleshoot industrial robots used in laser welding and related manufacturing

processes.

• Support setup and optimization of laser-welding parameters to achieve required weld quality and

process performance.

• Assist with installing, commissioning, testing, and validating robotic laser systems at customer and

production sites.

• Support robot-vision systems, including verifying part-location data and applying robot-path

corrections.

• Run and update offline programs and simulations; check robot paths, reach, tooling access, and cycle

time.

• Diagnose robot, sensors, vision, laser, tooling, and communication issues; document findings and

support corrective actions.

• Work with engineering and controls teams to integrate robotic, electrical, mechanical, and software

systems.

• Follow established safety procedures and support equipment and process buyoffs.
• Maintain robot programs, setup information, test records, and work instructions.
• Assist with operator and maintenance training on system operation and basic troubleshooting.
• Communicate technical issues, progress, and customer needs clearly to project and engineering teams.