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Welding Engineer

ArcelorMittal
East Chicago, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025 CLOSED ON 2/25/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Welding Engineer position at ArcelorMittal?

At ArcelorMittal North America, we believe in driving our success through our people. Your achievements mean our customer and our community can rely on us to deliver to the highest of standards. We will support you to push the boundaries, forge your career path and help take our business to the next level.

Everything would be very different without ArcelorMittal, the world's leading steel and mining company. Buildings. Vehicles. Home appliances. Technology products. All of them are made of our steel. And our steel is made by you. Working to the highest standards and putting safety first, you can join us to create the steel that tomorrow's world will be made of.

We are seeking leaders to help us transform the future of steel, who want to impact the world with innovative ideas, boldness and creativity.

For us, people who think differently generate innovative solutions and more creative responses to challenges. Therefore, we value diversity as a source of new perspectives for business and promote an inclusive work environment, in which everyone has the same opportunities for human and professional development.

And naturally you expect a fair salary, paid holidays and other benefits. And of course, you are looking for job satisfaction. What else is there? At ArcelorMittal North America the answer is there is a lot more.

Join our team.

ArcelorMittal is seeking a high initiative, self-directed welding engineer with strong expertise in physical/welding metallurgy, experience with various sheet metal welding processes and familiarity with performance evaluation of joints. The successful candidate will manage activities to generate welding data for ArcelorMittal's sheet steel products and characterize the mechanical performance of welded joints under different loading conditions. Additionally, the candidate will also be expected to conduct R&D activities, work collaboratively with other ArcelorMittal R&D facilities and with customers in the general area of welding and joining of sheet steel products.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

  • Conduct weldability evaluation of sheet steel products developed by ArcelorMittal.
  • Evaluate mechanical performance of joints to support CAE prediction of automotive body structures under different loading modes with high accuracy.
  • Manage and execute R&D projects and customer support projects with minimal supervision and in a timely manner.

Job Duties:

  • Manage weld testing program to generate and analyze data in support of product qualifications and provide test results in a timely manner.
  • Conduct R&D activities on automotive welding processes for emerging advanced high strength steel grades to develop efficient joining solutions for complex microstructures.
  • Conduct mechanical testing of welded joints under conditions representative of automotive crash events. Provide results and guidance to CAE engineers to improve prediction of weld performance.
  • Provide technical support to customers on welding related issues.
  • Work in a team environment using shared laboratory resources.
  • Communicate results in a time-efficient and effective manner to the appropriate stakeholders to enable efficient decision making.
  • Occasionally travel to customer facilities to participate in technical exchanges
  • Comply with the company's Health & Safety policy

Minimum Education Requirements:
M. S. in Welding Engineering or M. S. in Materials Science with minimum of 3 years' experience in welding related project activities

Preferred Education Requirements:
Ph. D. in Welding Engineering or Materials Science

Minimum Experience:

  • Strong expertise in welding/physical metallurgy
  • Experience in mechanical testing of welded joints
  • Familiarity with different joining processes used in the automotive industry
  • Experience in optical and electron microscopy

Preferred Experience
:

  • Experience in adhesive bonding and mechanical joining.
  • Experience in using weld modeling software such as SYSWELD, SORPAS, SIMUFACT or similar programs

What we'll offer

We offer competitive salary, bonus, paid vacation, 401k employer match, health insurance, prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life and disability insurance etc.

Call to action

Join us and you'll see your work help create renewable energy, impact major industries and boost economies. At ArcelorMittal North America we'll help you make your world.

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