Design Engineer - Managed Pressure Drilling

Weatherford•Houston, TX

10d

About The Position

Provides sustaining engineering support for existing products and equipment, applying working knowledge and experience in the relevant engineering discipline. Performs assignments that broaden technical capability and uses established engineering principles, procedures, guidelines, and policies with moderate guidance and direction. Works with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, R&M, Quality, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Operations, and other supporting functions on design, documentation, troubleshooting, and product-support activities. Builds knowledge of the company, its processes, products, and customer requirements. Uses technical experience, judgment, conceptual knowledge, and relevant precedents to analyze solutions and resolve straightforward engineering problems, while supporting product quality, delivery, cost, reliability, and customer objectives. The role supports safety, security, compliance, quality, and environmental protection through ethical and compliant engineering practices, risk identification and mitigation, and adherence to applicable policies, laws, regulations, standards, and product requirements. It maintains design intent and configuration control, documents engineering decisions, supports investigations into recurring issues, and identifies opportunities for permanent corrective improvements. The engineer performs design, analysis, documentation, calculations, design reviews, technical investigations, troubleshooting, and product lifecycle activities for existing products and equipment. The role supports manufacturing, assembly, inspection, testing, repair, and delivery, and evaluates nonconformances, deviations, repairs, supplier issues, component changes, obsolescence, reliability improvements, and field inquiries within assigned guidelines and authority. It reads and interprets drawings, GD&T, schematics, specifications, test procedures, inspection data, and other technical documentation, and creates or revises controlled product documentation. Work is planned and completed with consideration for requirements, quality, schedule, cost, dependencies, and operational priorities. Scheduled after-hours and weekend support may be required for urgent Manufacturing and R&M activities. The position communicates technical information, requirements, results, risks, and recommendations to colleagues and cross-functional stakeholders; documents work clearly; and escalates concerns or uncertainties to appropriate reviewers. It uses company resources responsibly, works within approved budgets and financial policies, considers cost and operational impacts without compromising safety or quality, and contributes technical input to estimates, business cases, budgets, and improvement opportunities when required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline, with 2–4 years of relevant experience.
Working knowledge and practical experience in the applicable engineering discipline, with demonstrated ability to complete a range of related assignments.
Experience supporting design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, repair, maintenance, or product documentation for engineered equipment.
Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain technical information clearly in straightforward situations.
Ability to work effectively with Engineering, Manufacturing, R&M, Quality, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Operations, and other supporting functions.
Working and expanding conceptual knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, materials, mechanics, fits and tolerances, bolted connections, pressure-containing equipment, manufacturing processes, and mechanical systems.
General knowledge of electrical, instrumentation, and control systems, and ability to support troubleshooting of integrated electro-mechanical equipment with guidance.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, schematics, specifications, inspection reports, and technical procedures.
Ability to analyze straightforward technical problems, compare solutions using experience and precedents, and make recommendations within established guidelines.
Ability to recognize when technical issues require additional guidance, review, or specialist support.
Ability to balance product requirements, quality, schedule, cost, and operational priorities within assigned responsibilities.
Ability to provide hands-on engineering support during manufacturing, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and repair.
Ability and willingness to participate in scheduled after-hours and weekend engineering support.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting oilfield, drilling, pressure-control, rotating, hydraulic, or other complex industrial equipment.
Experience providing Sustaining or Product Engineering support within Manufacturing and/or R&M environments.
Experience troubleshooting electrical, instrumentation, and control systems in addition to mechanical and hydraulic systems.
Experience evaluating manufacturing nonconformances, deviations, repairs, and engineering dispositions.
Experience supporting suppliers, first articles, supplier qualifications, and product changes.
Experience applying API, ASME, ISO, or similar engineering codes and standards.
Experience supporting products throughout their lifecycle, including obsolescence, reliability improvement, product changes, and technical documentation.
Knowledge of the energy industry, particularly drilling, Managed Pressure Drilling, pressure-control, or related equipment.
Knowledge of applicable API, ASME, ISO, and other industry standards.
Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems, sensors, instrumentation, electrical controls, PLC-based systems, and industrial communication/control systems.
Experience with pressure testing, functional testing, FATs, equipment commissioning, and failure investigation.
Experience with machining, welding, heat treatment, coatings, materials, NDE, and other applicable manufacturing processes.
Experience with CAD systems such as Creo Parametric, Autodesk Inventor, or AutoCAD.
Experience with PLM/PDM, ERP, engineering change-management, and nonconformance-management systems.
Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), tolerance analysis, and supplier manufacturing capability.
Ability to mentor less-experienced engineers and provide technical guidance to cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Maintain compliance with company governance, Security, Compliance, HSE, quality, and environmental policies, applicable laws, regulations, standards, and engineering requirements.
Promote continual improvement in health, safety, security, and environmental protection through responsible engineering and technical-risk mitigation.
Maintain product and service quality, design intent, configuration control, and applicable technical requirements when supporting product or process changes.
Provide technically sound and appropriately documented engineering decisions, dispositions, recommendations, and product support.
Investigate recurring product, manufacturing, supplier, assembly, and test issues and identify opportunities for permanent corrective improvements.
Perform assigned design, analysis, calculations, tolerance evaluations, design reviews, technical investigations, documentation, and product lifecycle activities for existing products and equipment.
Support Manufacturing, R&M, Quality, Supply Chain, and related functions during manufacturing, assembly, inspection, testing, repair, and delivery.
Analyze straightforward engineering problems using technical experience, judgment, established methods, and relevant precedents, seeking guidance when issues exceed assigned competency or authority.
Evaluate nonconformances, deviations, repairs, and other technical issues under prescribed guidelines and approval requirements.
Troubleshoot mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, instrumentation, control, software, configuration, and component-related issues within demonstrated capability.
Read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, electrical and wiring diagrams, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics, specifications, test procedures, inspection data, and other technical documentation.
Create and revise drawings, specifications, BOMs, procedures, test requirements, calculations, and other controlled product documentation through established processes.
Support supplier technical issues, first articles, manufacturing deviations, component changes, obsolescence, reliability improvements, and field inquiries as assigned.
Plan and complete assigned work considering requirements, quality, schedule, cost, dependencies, and operational priorities.
Participate in scheduled after-hours and weekend support when required for urgent Manufacturing and R&M activities.
Communicate technical information, requirements, results, risks, and recommended actions to team members and cross-functional stakeholders; document work clearly and raise concerns to appropriate reviewers.
Use company resources responsibly, work within approved budgets and financial policies, and consider cost, schedule, manufacturing, and operational impacts without compromising safety, quality, or technical integrity.
Support cost reduction, manufacturability, reliability, lead-time, and lifecycle improvement opportunities, and provide technical input to estimates, business cases, and budgets when required.