Mechanical Design Engineer – Wellbore Construction – Houston, TX

Job Number:

 1914399

Role Summary:

Baker Hughes Incorporated has an opening for a Mechanical Design Engineer – Wellbore Construction supporting Completions in Houston, TX.  As a leader in the oilfield services industry, Baker Hughes offers opportunities for qualified people who want to grow in our high performance organization. Our leading technologies and our ability to apply them safely and effectively create value for our customers and our shareholders. Baker Hughes is an Equal Employment Affirmative Action Employer.

The purpose of the Mechanical Design Engineer is to assist the Wellbore Construction group in the development of new products, provide support for the existing products, and respond to operations/customer feasibility work.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Responsible for completion of component and product design within time, financial and technical guidelines established with the detailed assistance and approval of supervisor.
• Performs component and system analysis, identifying stress levels, identifying compromises, and articulating technical risk.
• Constructs or directs the construction of layouts of possible designs and makes “best choice” recommendations to supervisor.
• Direct the completion of manufacturing drawings and working layouts for product designs. Assists drafters/technicians in assembly and lab testing of prototypes.
• Designs qualification testing fixtures and test procedures.
• Conduct field evaluation of new products and investigate problems associated with existing products.
• Draft tech manual documentation of new products with review and approval of supervisor.
• Improve product knowledge through increased familiarization with tech and service manuals and hands on experience.
• Provide basic technical assistance to worldwide field operations and plant personnel.
• Assist in project planning, creating development time and cost estimates.
• Initiate purchase requisitions and part manufacture work requests.
• Disposition reject tags after sufficient experience gained, as determined by supervisor.
• Handles special projects, as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 2+ years mechanical design experience
• Good individual communication skills with good problem solving ability
• Should possess good 2D & 3D CAD skills (SolidWorks preferred)
• Ability to work “hands on” in a test lab facility
• Ability to preparing project plans and be able to provide cost and time to complete the project
• The successful candidate must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship
• Ability to travel to remote field locations and work under less than ideal environmental conditions occasionally

Desired Characteristics:

• 3+ years mechanical design experience
• Knowledge of connections and pipe mechanical properties with experience in design of down hole oil field equipment strongly preferred
• Understanding of basic oilfield practices and applications
• Understanding of Multilateral Systems and Liner Hanger design
• Ability to conduct dynamic FEA analysis (Abaqus preferred)
• Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Locations:

Houston, TX

This is your opportunity to learn more, do more, live the career you have imagined and be part of a truly diverse organization.

Baker Hughes, a GE company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Learn more

Job

: Engineering/Technology

Primary Location

: North America-United States-Texas-HOUSTON