Materials Engineering Welding Specialist

Cummins • Columbus, OH

6d • Onsite

About The Position

We’re seeking a talented Materials Engineering Welding Specialist to join our team for our Columbus, IN location. In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: Resolve Failures with Precision: Lead component failure analyses to identify root causes, recommend corrective actions, and prevent recurrence to protect customers and product integrity. Optimize Materials & Processes: Select and validate materials and manufacturing routes that best meet form, function, and performance requirements, ensuring robust component capability. Advance Material Characterization: Interpret mechanical, chemical, and microstructural data to confirm compliance, correlate field results, and strengthen product robustness. Elevate Technical Knowledge Sharing: Produce clear, high‑quality technical documentation that accelerates learning, improves productivity, and enables effective knowledge transfer across teams. Build High ‑ Value Networks: Develop strong internal and external relationships that enhance collaboration, accelerate problem‑solving, and expand access to expertise. Drive High ‑ Quality Decisions: Communicate effectively, manage complexity, and make timely, informed decisions that keep programs moving forward under challenging conditions. Lead Systematic Problem Solving: Apply structured methodologies to trace issues, identify systemic root causes, implement durable solutions, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Master Common Welding Standards: Establish, govern, and consistently apply unified welding engineering standards to ensure alignment, quality, and predictability across programs and business units.
• Provide Early Technical Leadership: Deliver strong design guidance and SME support early in development to prevent downstream issues and strengthen product robustness.
• Unify Expertise Across the Organization: Bring together welding specialists from multiple BUs to solve complex challenges, accelerate problem‑solving, and drive cross‑functional technical alignment.
• Build Capability & Proactive Problem ‑ Solving: Enable consistent training, best‑practice sharing, and early issue identification to elevate team capability and improve program outcomes across MSE and engineering teams.
• College, university, or equivalent Bachelor's degree in Engineering or appropriate STEM field is required.
• Prior Senior or Lead Engineer equivalent work experience in a relevant discipline area is required with a demonstrated track record of technical problem solving and quality decision making.
• Ensure candidates meet educational requirements, including a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering with a welding focus or in Welding and Joining Technology, along with a minimum of five years of post‑graduate welding experience.
• Apply hands‑on expertise in metal inert gas welding, tungsten inert gas welding, laser welding, and resistance joining processes, with strong practical experience in aluminum alloys and stainless steels.
• Utilize knowledge of American Welding Society, International Organization for Standardization welding standards, and American Society for Testing and Materials material standards to guide decisions and ensure compliance.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of MS Office tools is preferred.
• Post-graduate (Master's) degree relevant to this discipline area may be required for select roles.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain consistent welding engineering standards, requirements, and expectations across programs, ensuring alignment with design intent and manufacturing needs.
• Provide early‑stage design guidance and subject matter expertise throughout development to prevent issues, strengthen weld quality, and support robust product launches.
• Coordinate and unify welding expertise across business units to address complex technical challenges, drive cross‑functional problem‑solving, and elevate organizational capability.
• Lead and support training, coaching, and development efforts to build welding proficiency, share best practices, and enhance technical skills across Materials Science and Engineering and broader engineering teams.
• Improve proactive identification and resolution of welding‑related issues across programs through structured analysis, process optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior