Weld Tester Jobs in Washington (NOW HIRING)

Job Description:
Founded in 1904, ESAB Corporation is a premier narrowly diversified global leader in connected fabrication technology and gas control solutions. Our rich history of innovative products, workflow solutions, and business system, ESAB Business Excellence, enables our purpose of Shaping the World We Imagine™. We're looking to hire a talented Weld Process Specialist based regionally in the United States.
Reporting to the Regional Sales Director, the Weld Process Specialist is responsible for planning and performing welding experiments and conducting technical analyses of welding performance. This role is a key contributor to ESAB's technology, product development, and R&D activities. The position involves hands-on welding, testing, and close collaboration with engineers to ensure high-quality, fact-based development of welding processes, equipment, and applications.
Primary Duties:
• Serve as the technical welding expert, partnering directly with customers to understand their welding processes, production challenges, and application requirements.
• Perform hands-on welding demonstrations using a variety of welding processes and equipment to validate solutions and showcase product performance in real-world applications.
• Demonstrate the features, benefits, and value proposition of welding equipment, filler metals, and automation solutions to customers through live demonstrations and technical presentations.
• Collaborate closely with the sales team to provide technical expertise throughout the sales cycle, supporting customer meetings, product evaluations, and solution development.
• Build trusted relationships with customers by serving as a technical advisor, identifying opportunities to improve welding performance and manufacturing efficiency.
• Provide application recommendations based on customer materials, welding procedures, joint configurations, and production requirements.
• Deliver technical training to customers, distributors, and internal sales teams on welding equipment operation, best practices, safety, and process improvements.
• Gather customer feedback and market insights to support product development, continuous improvement initiatives, and new product launches.
• Support trade shows, customer events, open houses, and technical seminars by conducting live welding demonstrations and promoting new technologies.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with regional sales representatives, acting as a technical resource to accelerate sales opportunities and increase customer confidence.
• Assist customers with procedure development, equipment selection, and implementation of new welding technologies to maximize return on investment.
• Stay current on industry standards, welding codes, emerging technologies, and competitive products to provide expert guidance and technical recommendations.
Qualifications
• Minimum 3 years of experience in welding and the welding industry.
• A solid and proven competence within the following areas:
o GMAW (MIG/MAG) - strong skills in manual welding, including open root o GTAW (TIG) and MMAW/SMAW - medium to high competency o SAW - meriting but not required
• Experience with automated or robotic welding is highly valued
• Practical experience in industries such as shipbuilding, general manufacturing, automotive, or pipeline welding
Working Conditions
• Remains in a stationary position 50% of the time and involves additional physical demands such as ascending/descending stairs, walking stooping and standing.
• Must wear Personal Protective Equipment 'PPE' when working/visiting manufacturing and plant locations.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery including but not limited to printer, tablets, cell phones.
• Moves transports, puts, or removes equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.; pushes, pulls products weighing up to 200 lbs. using provided safety tools.
• May be exposed to varying weather during travel.
• Domestic travel required approximately 80%.
Pay Range:
$77,157.00-$89,413.00