J-1 Visa Software Development Team Lead Jobs
Software Development Team Lead roles in the U.S. can be accessed through J-1 visa sponsorship under the Trainee or Research Scholar program categories, depending on your experience level and host organization. A designated sponsor issues your DS-2019, while the U.S. tech employer serves as your host. No lottery applies.
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Weir ESCO
Portland, OR
Hybrid
Purpose of Role:
This is a unique opportunity to grow into leadership of a premier engineering team at Weir ESCO on a 1 to 2 year track. We are the trusted experts in bringing our next generation of products to life through custom dimensional gaging design, fit assembly analysis, and dimensional inspection. With a culture of detail, quality, continuous improvement, and collaboration we support the bridge between new product design and manufacturing to bring Weir ESCO's world class dimensional quality to our customers.
Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.
An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.
Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gage Design: Design custom machined gage assemblies that will be used by manufacturing to ensure castings meet dimensional specifications.
- Inspection: Design inspection routines for hand, CMM, and 3D scanning equipment; review data for first article release and process control purposes.
- Fit Assembly Analysis: Perform fit analysis and consultation on cast and machined assembly designs, including how to document through proper GD&T practices.
- Continuous Improvement: Utilize common problem solving methodology to improve process control, eliminate waste, and expand profitability.
- Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
Develop and transition to leadership:
- Technical Leadership: Validate work is accurately and completely scoped based on input from manager & customers. Lead innovative solutions. Anticipate potential scope creep or delays.
- Team Technical Development: Continually train and coach employees to ensure technical skills and capabilities are sufficient for success in their current role.
- CI Leadership: Foster a team culture that embraces CI. Identify and implement efficiency improvements to how the team’s work is done.
- Motivate Team: Establish presence on the team. Keep a pulse on team dynamics, promptly address concerns. Lead by example. Be prepared. Adapt management style to needs of team.
- Schedule Management: Manage project schedule of engineering project work to meet delivery, cost, and quality expectations. Report to stakeholders.
- Performance Management & Reporting: Keep team members accountable to performance expectations. Assess performance to expectations.
Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:
- Any equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered for candidates that have the ability to perform the objectives above.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 3-5 years of engineering/intern experience in a design and manufacturing setting.
- GD&T understanding and experience applying to design and inspection of machined and cast steel assemblies.
- Strong CAD skills (prefer NX) with experience in complex assemblies and freeform surfaces.
- Experience with various inspection technologies (manual, CMM, 3D scanning).
Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.
Dimensional Gage Leadership Growth Program
Weir ESCO
Portland, OR
Hybrid
Purpose of Role:
This is a unique opportunity to grow into leadership of a premier engineering team at Weir ESCO on a 1 to 2 year track. We are the trusted experts in bringing our next generation of products to life through custom dimensional gaging design, fit assembly analysis, and dimensional inspection. With a culture of detail, quality, continuous improvement, and collaboration we support the bridge between new product design and manufacturing to bring Weir ESCO's world class dimensional quality to our customers.
Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.
An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.
Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gage Design: Design custom machined gage assemblies that will be used by manufacturing to ensure castings meet dimensional specifications.
- Inspection: Design inspection routines for hand, CMM, and 3D scanning equipment; review data for first article release and process control purposes.
- Fit Assembly Analysis: Perform fit analysis and consultation on cast and machined assembly designs, including how to document through proper GD&T practices.
- Continuous Improvement: Utilize common problem solving methodology to improve process control, eliminate waste, and expand profitability.
- Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
Develop and transition to leadership:
- Technical Leadership: Validate work is accurately and completely scoped based on input from manager & customers. Lead innovative solutions. Anticipate potential scope creep or delays.
- Team Technical Development: Continually train and coach employees to ensure technical skills and capabilities are sufficient for success in their current role.
- CI Leadership: Foster a team culture that embraces CI. Identify and implement efficiency improvements to how the team’s work is done.
- Motivate Team: Establish presence on the team. Keep a pulse on team dynamics, promptly address concerns. Lead by example. Be prepared. Adapt management style to needs of team.
- Schedule Management: Manage project schedule of engineering project work to meet delivery, cost, and quality expectations. Report to stakeholders.
- Performance Management & Reporting: Keep team members accountable to performance expectations. Assess performance to expectations.
Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:
- Any equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered for candidates that have the ability to perform the objectives above.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 3-5 years of engineering/intern experience in a design and manufacturing setting.
- GD&T understanding and experience applying to design and inspection of machined and cast steel assemblies.
- Strong CAD skills (prefer NX) with experience in complex assemblies and freeform surfaces.
- Experience with various inspection technologies (manual, CMM, 3D scanning).
Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship in Software Development Team Lead
Translate your credentials into U.S. standards
Use O*NET to confirm that Software Development Team Lead maps to recognized U.S. occupational codes, then align your CV to those standards. Mismatched job titles slow down DS-2019 approval at the designated sponsor stage.
Identify whether Trainee or Research Scholar fits
Trainee covers professionals with a degree plus one year of experience, or five years without a degree. Research Scholar suits those conducting applied software engineering research at universities or institutes. Applying to the wrong category triggers rejection from the designated sponsor.
Target host employers with existing sponsor relationships
Use Migrate Mate to find U.S. tech companies already familiar with J-1 visa host arrangements. Employers who have hosted J-1 exchange visitors before understand the training plan requirements and move faster through DS-2019 issuance.
Secure a detailed training plan before the offer stage
Designated sponsors require a structured training or internship plan (Form DS-7002 for Trainee category) signed by your host employer. Negotiate this document during the offer process, not after acceptance, to avoid delays in sponsor approval.
Check whether your country triggers the two-year rule
If your J-1 is funded by your home government or you come from a skills-shortage country on the State Department exchange visitor skills list, a two-year home residency requirement applies before you can switch to H-1B visa or green card status.
Confirm host employer wage compliance before signing
Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify that your offered compensation meets prevailing wage levels for a Software Development Team Lead in that metro area. DOL prevailing wage standards apply to J-1 Trainee roles, and underpayment can jeopardize your status.
Software Development Team Lead J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category applies to a Software Development Team Lead role?
Most Software Development Team Lead candidates qualify under the Trainee category, which covers professionals with a relevant degree plus at least one year of post-graduation experience, or five or more years of work experience in lieu of a degree. If your role involves applied research at a university or research institute, Research Scholar may apply instead. The host employer's institutional type and your own credentials determine which category your designated sponsor will approve.
Who actually sponsors my J-1 visa, and what does the host employer do?
Your J-1 visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, such as IIE, CIEE, Cultural Vistas, or AIPT. That organization issues your DS-2019 form, monitors program compliance, and serves as your official sponsor of record. The software company hiring you is the host employer. The host provides the training environment and signs the required training plan, but it is not your legal visa sponsor and cannot issue a DS-2019 independently.
How do I find U.S. tech employers open to hosting J-1 exchange visitors?
Search Migrate Mate to identify U.S. employers in software and technology that have experience hosting J-1 exchange visitors. Employers with prior J-1 host arrangements already understand the DS-2019 process, Form DS-7002 training plans, and designated sponsor oversight requirements. Approaching companies with no J-1 history means educating them on compliance obligations, which slows the hiring timeline significantly.
Does the two-year home residency requirement affect Software Development Team Leads?
It can. The two-year home residency requirement applies if your J-1 program is funded by your home country government, funded by the U.S. government, or if your occupation appears on your country's State Department exchange visitor skills list. For software engineering leadership roles, this primarily affects candidates from countries where technology skills are designated as shortage categories. If the requirement applies, you cannot change to H-1B or adjust status to a green card until you fulfill it or obtain a waiver.
What is a training plan and why does it matter for this role?
A training plan is a written document, Form DS-7002 for the Trainee category, that specifies the phases, objectives, supervision structure, and evaluation schedule for your exchange visitor program. Designated sponsors require it before issuing a DS-2019. For a Software Development Team Lead, the plan must detail leadership competencies, project management exposure, and technical training components. A vague or generic training plan is the most common reason designated sponsors delay or deny DS-2019 issuance for technical roles.