Description
Company Overview
Nabors is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry. With operations in about 20 countries, Nabors has established a global network of people, technology and equipment to deploy solutions that deliver safe, efficient and responsible hydrocarbon production. By leveraging its core competencies, particularly in drilling, engineering, automation, data science and manufacturing, Nabors aims to innovate the future of energy and enable the transition to a lower carbon world.
Nabors is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, religion, age, color, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.To learn more about our Fair Employment practices, please refer to the Nabors Code of Conduct.
JOB SUMMARY
Join a team working on Center of Excellence with the best in class, innovative technology. Develop techniques to automate drilling equipment to improve safety, efficiency of the drilling process. Be part of the Nabors Early Career Development Program (ECD) to fast track your career! This rotational program will provide access to advance your knowledge and skills in high-profile roles within the ACE (Actively Changing Energy) program. You will start as a full-time Systems Engineer. The ECD program offers rotational opportunities in key areas during initial 12-18 months of employment, to help your knowledge and career development. Works with various departments including, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Product Design, Quality Assurance and Software Engineering to develop the skillset required to successfully contribute to controls robotic technologies and equipment.Learn from real life business exposure in the best-in-class oil and gas technology industry to take your talents to the next level. Be part of the Nabors team. Position based out of Houston, TX.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•Act as Systems Engineer with role of designing and developing software for automated machinery based on givenrequirements and specification.
•Software development - fluent in programming in C / Python
•Hardware design and configurations
•Software architecture design, Code, Bill of Materials, Network Architectures, Operations manuals.
•Sustain current rig applications and debugging / fixing issues that are reported in the field. This could be by answering callsand working with technicians, remotely connecting to rig system and troubleshoot, or by traveling to the rig site andworking with rig personnel to fix the issue.
•Commissioning of new products during deployment.
•Maintain product safety in all designs.
•Perform design prototyping, including field implementing and testing.
•Process workflow and process documentation.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
•BS degree in Electrical or Petroleum engineer
•Programming skills
•Analytical and problem solving skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
•Master's Degree in Electrical or Petroleum
•Internship or experience in the energy or drilling industry
BEHAVIORAL COMPENTENCIES
•Strong desire to learn and ability to be part of a team
•Effective communication skills both verbal & written, both 1-1 and group situations
•Situational leadership
•Time management
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
•Strong ability to write Python code
•Strong understanding of code versioning tools like Git etc.
•Understanding of Hydraulics/Pneumatics controls
•Knowledge of industrial communication protocols
•Software architecture design and development experience
•Ability to read electrical schematics.
•Strong hands-on hardware troubleshooting and software debugging skills.
•Project management and presentation skills
•Ability to extract and document requirements from user problem description.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORKING CONDITIONS
While this position is primarily based in a professional office environment, travel to yards and rigs is essential and required.
25% travel is expected with valid passport/domestic and international travel may be required.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit, stand or walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear and smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to vibration, risk of electrical shock, wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high and precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions and extreme cold and heat.