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Welding Process Engineer

Los Alamos National Laboratory · Los Alamos, NM

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Level
Engineer
Team
Process
Industry
Industrial
Posted
9 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level process role at Los Alamos National Laboratory (industrial) in Los Alamos, NM.

Tools it names
Welding

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How this role compares

Against 760 other live process postings in the US.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $91k–$130k, from 254 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Not stated

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Root cause 43%
  • Lean 32%
  • Six Sigma 24%
  • Tooling 22%
  • Team leadership 22%
  • New product launch 21%

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Stands out: this posting asks for Welding, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

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  3. 3

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This plant: Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos

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Responsibilities

include participating in design, testing, analysis, verification, and learning advanced LANL techniques.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is seeking an R&D Engineer 1 or 2 to contribute to welding engineering challenges and to support high-value manufacturing within a dynamic R&D/Operations team. The role emphasizes developing, testing, and validating engineering solutions aligned with national security priorities.

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