Project Engineer Hydraulics - Managed Pressure Drilling

Job Overview

The Project Engineer Hydraulics is a senior technical role responsible for the conceptualization, development, validation, and deployment of advanced engineering models supporting drilling and well construction operations. This role focuses on accurately characterizing steady-state and transient hydraulic behavior and requires close collaboration with domain experts, data scientists, and software developers. The position carries an expectation to lead research initiatives and mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and optimization of steady-state and transient hydraulic models.
• Select, develop, test, validate, and benchmark analytical and computational models for drilling hydraulics.
• Characterize complex hydraulic processes including multiphase flow, non-linear rheology, cuttings transport, and pressure management.
• Conduct research in analytical and computational modeling of drilling hydraulic systems.
• Collaborate with modeling engineers, software developers, and product lines to enhance existing modeling solutions.
• Partner with data scientists to develop hybrid solutions combining physics-based models with AI/ML.
• Evaluate third-party modeling solutions and assess integration potential.
• Identify modeling risks, uncertainties, and accuracy limitations during planning and execution.
• Produce technical publications and contribute to industry conferences.
• Mentor and technically guide junior engineers.
• Ensure compliance with all company safety rules, policies, and mandatory training requirements.
• Develop physics-based models for engineering software.

Skills

• Strong expertise in drilling hydraulics modeling.
• Hands-on experience with steady-state and transient hydraulic simulation tools.
• Proven background in physics-based modeling for hydraulic processes.
• Experience with multiphase flow, non-linear rheology, cuttings transport, and fluid abrasion.
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills with a record of industry publications.
• Experience with CFD modeling techniques.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional, multicultural teams.
• Proficient in programming languages such as Python and/or C or C++

Preferred :

• Proficient in portfolio or a public GitHub repository
• Familiarity with software development processes.
• Understanding of business and financial drivers.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Preferred: PhD in a technical or scientific discipline with a minimum of 5 years of industry experience.

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