The Software and Controls Engineer will play a crucial role in our Rig Systems business group, specifically within the Aftermarket segment. This position offers an opportunity to work on diverse project support assignments, focusing on programming and commissioning drilling equipment, control systems. The successful candidate will be a key contributor to our team, ensuring the smooth implementation and execution of NOV control systems and tools.
Responsibilities- Design and develop control systems software, ensuring equipment functionality and performance.
- Assist in creating, developing, and maintaining comprehensive documentation for commissioning and software processes.
- Provide field support, troubleshooting, and problem diagnostics for NOV control systems, offering timely solutions.
- Train customers and field service technicians, ensuring a thorough understanding of equipment operation and maintenance.
- Generate clear and concise reports on software verification and testing, both during development and in the field.
- Modify existing software under engineering guidelines, ensuring efficient and effective modifications.
- Utilize PLC programming skills to generate organized, structured, and maintainable code, with a preference for Siemens Programming environment.
- Create HMI screens for complex machinery, providing effective troubleshooting feedback, with a preference for Wonderware Intouch, Proficy iFix, and Siemens FactoryLink.
- Read and understand electrical schematics, wiring, and logic diagrams, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of equipment design.
- Actively participate in project teams, providing cost estimates, schedules, and controls project documentation.
- A degree in Engineering is preferred, but equivalent work experience of 3+ years will also be considered.
- Ability to obtain necessary certifications and comply with travel requirements to domestic and overseas rig and shipyards, both land-based and offshore.
- Strong customer focus, both internal and external, with a collaborative and candid approach to problem-solving.
- Effective negotiation skills, firm yet diplomatic, with a willingness to support colleagues and remove roadblocks.
- Excellent time management skills, able to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines, even with incomplete information.
- Confident and professional representation of the company, both in person and in writing, with a focus on good judgment.
- Engineering degree or equivalent work experience in a related field.
- Proficiency in PLC programming, SCADA HMI programming, and the ability to read electrical schematics.
- Experience in generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable.
- Strong communication skills to interface with customers, vendors, and internal teams.
Why NOV?
At NOV, we invest in our people. From comprehensive health coverage and retirement savings to paid time off, wellness programs, and paid parental leave, our benefits are designed to support you at work and in life.
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Skills Required
- Engineering degree or equivalent work experience in a related field
- 3+ years of equivalent related work experience may be considered in place of an engineering degree
- Ability to obtain necessary certifications
- Ability to comply with domestic and overseas travel requirements to rigs and shipyards, including offshore locations
- Proficiency in PLC programming
- Proficiency in SCADA HMI programming
- Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring, and logic diagrams
- Experience creating organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable code
- Strong communication skills for interfacing with customers, vendors, and internal teams
- Strong customer focus and collaborative problem-solving approach
- Effective negotiation skills
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills
- Professional written and verbal communication with sound judgment
- Siemens programming environment experience
- Wonderware InTouch, Proficy iFIX, or Siemens FactoryLink experience
What We Do
NOV delivers technology-driven solutions to empower the global energy industry. For more than 150 years, NOV has pioneered innovations that enable its customers to safely produce abundant energy while minimizing environmental impact. The energy industry depends on NOV’s deep expertise and technology to continually improve oilfield operations and assist in efforts to advance the energy transition towards a more sustainable future. NOV powers the industry that powers the world.
