Principal Engineer – Lower Completions
Do you like product design?
Do you enjoy performing component and system analysis?
Join our Completions & Wellbore Intervention Team!
We are the leader in well construction and production. Our innovative physical and digital solutions improve efficiency, production, and increase reservoir value. Our Lower Completions Team partners with various product lines and customers worldwide to provide world class products and services to ensure the capacity and value of the client’s well is maximized to its full potential.
Partner with the Best
Baker Hughes has an opening for a Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer – Lower Completions in Houston, TX. The Lower Completions Engineering group provides product design and technical support for lower completion product line equipment worldwide. The Principal / Sr. Principal 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.
As Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Executing a variety of engineering responsibilities for new, modified, and existing Lower Completions products that include ICDs, Sand Control Screens, Sand Control Packers and MST Systems and tools, and Barrier Valves.
- Performing design activities, including 3D CAD design, layouts, calculations, manufacturing drawings, tolerances studies
- Performing component and system analysis, identifying stress levels, design solutions, and technical risks
- Conducting product design reviews to iterate and improve product designs through continual collaboration
- Designing qualification testing fixtures and composing detailed test procedures
- Conducting and assisting in the assembly and lab testing of prototypes
- Drafting technical manual documentation of new products with review and approval of supervisor
- Providing technical assistance to worldwide field operations and plant personnel for new and existing products
- Assisting in project planning, creating development time and cost estimates.
- Managing the various design stages from concept development through product validation
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering/engineering technology
- Have 10+ years of experience in design engineering or sustaining engineering
- Be able to work independently and as a member of a team
- Possess effective verbal and written communication skills
- Have 3D CAD software experience SolidWorks
- Be able to work “hands on” in a test lab facility and be able to lift up to 25 lbs. regularly
Desired Characteristics:
- Multiple years’ experience in the design of lower completions tools i.e.: ICDs, Screens, Barrier Valves, Sand Control Tools / Packers, etc.
- Understanding of basic oilfield practices and applications
- Experience with product design including stress calculations, tolerances studies
- Familiarity with qualification testing and test fixture design
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes/design for manufacturability
- Experience with SolidWorks
- Experience with Teamcenter PLM software
- FEA experience
- Familiarity with one or more of the following API standards - API 19AC, 19SS, 19V, 11D1, 19ICD
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
- Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Comprehensive private medical care options
- Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
- Tailored financial programs
- Additional elected or voluntary benefits
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Principal, Mechanical, Product Design and Engineering
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or engineering technology
- 10 or more years of design engineering or sustaining engineering experience
- Experience with 3D CAD software, specifically SolidWorks
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work hands-on in a test laboratory and regularly lift up to 25 pounds
- Experience designing lower completions tools, such as ICDs, screens, barrier valves, and sand control tools or packers
- Understanding of basic oilfield practices and applications
- Experience with stress calculations, tolerance studies, qualification testing, and test fixture design
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and design for manufacturability
- Experience with Teamcenter PLM software
- Finite Element Analysis experience
- Familiarity with API 19AC, 19SS, 19V, 11D1, or 19ICD standards
Baker Hughes Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Baker Hughes and has not been reviewed or approved by Baker Hughes.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement contributions combine automatic employer funding with a dollar‑for‑dollar match, with immediate vesting on the match. This structure can meaningfully increase savings for employees who participate consistently.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests a discounted employee stock purchase program with regular purchase periods and no brokerage fees provides accessible ownership upside. Program parameters are clearly laid out through the benefits hub and plan materials.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests exempt staff have flexible, manager‑approved time off while non‑exempt employees accrue vacation and receive paid personal time. Company‑paid holidays and paid parental leave further broaden time‑away options.
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