Job Description

Overview

The Cobot Welder is responsible for operating, programming, and maintaining collaborative robotic welding systems to produce high-quality welded assemblies safely and efficiently. This position combines traditional welding knowledge with robotic automation by setting up fixtures, teaching robot programs, inspecting weld quality, and ensuring production meets customer, quality, and schedule requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Operate collaborative robotic welding systems (cobots).
  • Program and maintain robotic welding systems.
  • Set up fixtures for welding.
  • Teach robot programs for welding tasks.
  • Inspect weld quality to ensure standards are met.
  • Ensure production meets customer and quality requirements.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

How this job compares in Cameron, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $22–$34/hr across 396 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 37% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Cameron, TX

Cameron, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,016 other active welding openings from 541 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

The Butler Weldments Corporation currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (28), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (23), and Zachry Group (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. COBOT Weld Operator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.