FluidStack
Welding Engineer / AWS D1.1 CWI
Austin, TX$203k–$232kfulltimemidAdded today
About this role
Fluidstack seeks an AWS Certified Welding Inspector to establish and manage weld quality programs for high-volume modular data center manufacturing. You'll write welding procedures to AWS D1.1 standards, inspect production welds, qualify welders, and drive continuous improvement on the factory floor.
What you'll do
- Write and qualify welding procedure specifications (WPS) and procedure qualification records (PQR) to AWS D1.1 for structural and pressure-boundary welds
- Inspect and certify welds throughout manufacturing, providing authority for AHJ and auditor sign-off
- Establish weld quality program including acceptance criteria, NDE requirements, and first-pass-yield targets
- Qualify welders and welding operators; maintain continuity and requalification tracking systems
- Root-cause weld defects and implement corrective fixes to procedures, fixtures, and training
- Review weld maps and fabrication drawings to identify potential issues before production begins
What they're looking for
- AWS D1.1 code and certification standards
- Welding procedure specification (WPS) and PQR development
- Weld inspection and destructive/non-destructive testing (NDE)
- Quality program design and manufacturing process control
- Welder qualification and records management
- Root-cause analysis and continuous improvement
- Robotic/automated welding systems (preferred)
- ASME Section IX or B31 piping code (preferred)
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FluidStack
FluidStack builds AI infrastructure at scale, developing data centers and warehouse operations designed to handle gigawatt-capacity compute deployment. The company is hiring for warehouse engineers, data center operations specialists, product engineers, and people leaders to support rapid infrastructure expansion across multiple sites.
- Website
- fluidstack.io
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a time you wrote a WPS and PQR from scratch and qualified it to an AWS or ASME code—what was the application and what challenges did you encounter?
- Describe a significant weld defect you root-caused in a production environment and how you fixed the procedure, fixture, or training to prevent recurrence.