Senior Weld Engineer

Bellevue, WA

$56–$95 Per Hour
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30+ days ago

Job Description

Position Title: Senior Weld Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract Senior Weld Engineer opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:

Provide welding-engineering input to component and detail designs, drawings, specifications, and procurement packages for reactor core components, including development of weld-joint details to address weldability, service conditions, and production scalability
Participate in design reviews to assess component manufacturability and supplier readiness, ensuring welding requirements and acceptance criteria are correct and complete
Develop and qualify scalable welding processes for ferritic-martensitic steels, austenitic stainless steels, and other applicable alloys using welding technologies including but not limited to resistance pressure welding, gas tungsten arc welding, laser welding, or others
Author welding specifications, procedures, qualification plans, and acceptance criteria
Oversee fabrication of coupons and prototype components, and translate development results into production level controls
Establish destructive and nondestructive examination methods and develop test requirements, plans, and procedures to support weld qualification and production readiness
Support weld-performance testing under applicable service conditions, analyze data using materials-engineering principles to validate performance models, and document conclusions
Lead supplier technical development and provide oversight of welding, fabrication, inspection, testing, and process-qualification activities to advance manufacturing readiness for Reactor core components
Support supplier selection, technical evaluations, statements of work, requests for proposal, site visits, readiness assessments, corrective actions, and audits in accordance with ASME NQA-1-2015 and applicable Company quality requirements
Collaborate with design, materials, manufacturing, testing, quality, procurement, and project teams to ensure welding-development and qualification activities meet technical, quality, cost, schedule, and program objectives
Communicate technical risks, development status, test results, and recommended actions to stakeholders while promoting a strong culture of safety, quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement

Job Qualifications:

Minimum of 6 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree. A degree in Materials Science/Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Welding Engineering, or a related technical discipline is desired.
A solid understanding of metallurgy including fabrication, thermomechanical processing, and welding of ferrous (e.g., ferritic-martensitic steels) and nonferrous (e.g., nickel-base) alloys is required
Demonstrated skills in developing requirements specifications, defining supplier technical work scope to include development of SOWs, RFPs and providing technical direction and oversight of supplier projects is required
Demonstrated experience developing, qualifying, and implementing welding processes in a production or high-consequence manufacturing environment is required
Demonstrated ability to provide technical oversight to suppliers and resolve welding, fabrication, inspection, and quality issues is required
Experience providing welding input to part and joint designs, including drawing review, joint geometry, manufacturability, and inspectability is required
Experience working in stringent quality systems (e.g., NQA-1, ISO-9001, AS9100) is preferred
A general understanding of the design of nuclear reactor and subsequent impacts on materials is desired
Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems is required
Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications
The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork

Job Details:

Contract
Pay Rate Range: $56 - $95*Pay rates are approved based on candidate location, education and experience*
Location: Bellevue, WA
Travel Required: 5-10%
Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Bellevue, WA
Salary	$56–$95 Per Hour

Skills

AS 9100unmatched
Arc Weldingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Corrective Actionunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Data Analysisunmatched
Documentation Modelsunmatched
Gas Weldingunmatched
Geometryunmatched
ISO 9001unmatched
Legalunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Material Scienceunmatched
Materials Analysisunmatched
Materials Engineeringunmatched
Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
Metallurgyunmatched
Model Validationunmatched
Nuclear Reactorunmatched
Performance Modelingunmatched
Performance Testingunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Procurement Specificationsunmatched
Production Controlunmatched
Project Trackingunmatched
Prototypingunmatched
Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
Quality Assurance Methodologyunmatched
Regulationsunmatched
Request for Proposals (RFP)unmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Resistance Weldingunmatched
Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
Scalable System Developmentunmatched
Statement of Work (SOW)unmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Technical Analysisunmatched
Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
Test Requirementsunmatched
Testingunmatched
United States Citizenunmatched
Vendor/Supplier Selectionunmatched
Weldingunmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched

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