Product Engineer IV - Electron Beam Welding Engineer (EBW)

Job Title: Product Engineer IV - Electron Beam Welding Engineer (EBW)

Pay Range: $75.00 - $84.92/hourly

Contract Length: 12 months (chances for conversion/extension)

Location: Tualatin, OR

The impact you’ll make

As a Welding Engineer – Electron Beam Welding (EBW) Process Engineer, you will operate in a high-stakes, fast-paced environment, directly supporting product development, qualification, and fielded hardware.

You will serve as a technical authority for Electron Beam Welding (EBW), working closely with R&D, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers to resolve complex welding and metallurgical challenges that directly impact product performance and reliability.

In this role, you will directly contribute to R&D and product realization for metal and ceramic semiconductor equipment hardware, ensuring weld integrity, repeatability, and manufacturability in cleanroom and fab environments.

What you’ll do

• Serve as the Electron Beam Welding (EBW) process expert supporting development, qualification, and production of welded semiconductor equipment hardware.
• Lead weld process development, optimization, and qualification including WPS definition, parameter development, and process window establishment.
• Collaboratively engineer solutions to resolve weld-related quality, reliability, and field issues.
• Lead product development from prototype builds through product release and initial field support.
• Design and execute experiments, metallurgical evaluations, and failure analyses.
• Evaluate weld impacts on microstructure, heat-affected zones (HAZ), distortion, residual stress, surface finish, and downstream processes such as coating and anodization.
• Partner with machining, surface treatment, coating, and inspection teams.
• Provide technical support for installation, troubleshooting, repair, and debugging in cleanroom and fab environments.
• Collaborate with suppliers and outside service providers to qualify EBW capabilities.
• Present data-driven technical recommendations clearly and concisely.
• Maintain high customer engagement including international travel.
• Work in cleanroom labs and customer semiconductor fab environments.

Who we’re looking for – Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related discipline with 12 years of experience; or PhD with 5 years; or equivalent experience.
• Direct hands-on experience as an Electron Beam Welding (EBW) process engineer.
• Strong understanding of weld metallurgy including aluminum, ferrous, and nickel-based alloys.
• Experience developing and qualifying weld procedures and inspection strategies.
• Exceptional analytical, experimental design, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting semiconductor, aerospace, automotive, or defense hardware.
• Manufacturing engineering experience including DFM/DFA and transition to production.
• Familiarity with complex hardware drawings and 3D model interpretation.
• Experience publishing manufacturing documentation and workmanship standards.
• Experience working to ASME, AMS, AS, SEMI, or MIL standards.
• Six Sigma Green or Black Belt.
• Experience qualifying or auditing supplier EBW facilities.

Benefits Disclosure

Pride Global offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.