Research Engineer at ESAB

For 100 years, ESAB has been powered by innovation and uncompromising standards - and by the will to continuously seek new and improved ways of serving our customers. This has made ESAB a world leader in welding products and advanced cutting systems. With operations in a large number of countries, ESAB is a world leader in production of welding consumables and equipment. ESAB is synonymous with world leading expertise in the following key areas: Manual welding and cutting equipment, Filler Metals, Welding automation, mechanized cutting systems. Since 2012 the owner of ESAB AB is the Colfax Corporation. Colfax overall vision is that every company within the group is dedicated to creating an enduring premier global enterprise built on a unique business culture that do all things with integrity, respect and candor, and has a deep commitment to excellence to associates and customers as its foundation. Find out more at http://www.esab.com

Are you the right person to develop our future way of working?

Work description
As Research Engineer you will be a part of the New Strategic Tools & Process team, which is one of the functions within Global R&D Filler Metals. The main objectives of the department are to develop tools and processes to the R&D organization and to drive increased transparency by developing, managing and visualizing process and project data. As part of the team you will drive the use of advanced technology to obtain the objective to shorten time from product idea to Market.

As a Research Engineer you will develop Tools & Methods to enable fast track development & reduce the need for physical testing. As a Research Engineer you will be exposed to a wide range of physical questions and challenges and will be involved from idea to finalized Tool/Method. You will have the opportunity to develop and shape the role and ways of working.

As a devoted team member ESAB can offer you a job in an expanding organization with the possibility to grow and to impact the development of R&D Filler metals.

Your main responsibilities:
- Develop Tools & Methods
- Create new and innovative ideas
- Lead projects

We think that you have:
- Master of Science in relevant field
- Good Programming skills - C# or similar, Java
- Excellent general Physical science understanding
- Experience of using statistical methods, software
- Creative and analytical skills
- Excellent Capacity for thinking outside the box to create new & innovative ideas
- Enterprising and result orientated qualities
- Practical and pragmatic approach
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience from driving change
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

For more information about the position please contact R&D Manager New Strategic Tools and Processes, Johan Hansson +46 (0) 31 50 92 02