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Weld Engineer
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What General Motors Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles171 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in MI: $140k–$163k, median $150k. Most were filed at wage level IV (74%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — General Motors Company
The US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description The Role The Welding Engineer provides daily technical support to Maintenance, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and Production teams across body shop welding, fastening, sealing, and adhesive systems. This role supports current production and vehicle launches by troubleshooting equipment and process issues, leading weld verification and qualification activities, applying GM standards, coaching skilled trades, and driving improvements in safety, quality, cost, and productivity. What You’ll Do Plant and Launch Support • Support body shop vehicle launches and current production from prototype builds and tryouts through system validation, integration, startup, launch, and production. • Provide technical direction during equipment integration, debug, troubleshooting, and resolution of weld and dispense quality issues. • Support Process Tryouts (PTRs), new-part builds, weld verification, qualification, deviation testing, and program testing. • Work with Manufacturing Engineering, Product Integration, Manufacturing Architects, Quality, Maintenance, skilled trades, suppliers, laboratories, and plant operations to deliver manufacturing readiness and stable production across North America. • Support off-shift repair follow-up and provide rotational coverage as required. Welding, Dispense, and Joining Technical Support • Troubleshoot welding and dispense equipment failures and process issues with Maintenance and Quality teams; implement and verify corrective actions. • Coach and develop maintenance team members and other plant personnel to improve troubleshooting capability. • Support compliance with Process Control Plans, GM Welding and Joining Standards, Manufacturing Requirements, and applicable plant procedures. • Develop, implement, and improve common welding systems, specifications, standards, and manufacturing requirements. • Review product designs and CAD information for resistance-welding and joining-process compliance. • Support the Body Shop weld teardown team by investigating discrepancies and non-conformances, coordinating follow-up, and documenting closure. • Adjust body dispense systems to address identified body leak-test findings in partnership with Quality Control Engineering. • Drive continuous improvement in welding and dispense performance, safety, quality, cost, productivity, and standardized work. Technical Systems and Process Scope • Resistance spot welding for steel, aluminum, and advanced high-strength steels. • Laser welding, laser brazing, MIG brazing, and plasma arc brazing. • Projection nut and stud welding. • SCA Schucker dispense systems and camera monitoring systems. • Mechanical clinch nut and self-piercing rivet applications. • FANUC robotic welding systems and WTC weld controllers. • TPW resistance-welding and TPS dispense monitoring systems. • Raft gateway WTC weld-controller software, including weld schedule updates as required. Validation, Data, and Documentation • Develop welding parameters and processes and execute organized validation projects when standardized work is not yet available. • Conduct and document weld evaluations, including mechanical testing, microscopy, microhardness, metallography, scanning electron microscopy, and other laboratory or supplier testing as needed. • Generate, review, and close Welder Miscompare and Dispense Miscompare reports. • Maintain weld and dispense schedules, equipment-maintenance validation records, discrepancy databases, and supporting documentation in accordance with ILM requirements. • Update Weld Tool Information Sheets and Weld Process Data Sheets and maintain them in SharePoint with HMS support. • Generate and distribute Manufacturing Change Requests (MCRs) to update welding and dispense records. • Captur