Weatherford is hiring a Electronics Design Engineer for our West Hardy Road facility in Houston Texas. This is a hands-on, rewarding role that you’ll design electronic hardware for downhole tools for the oil and gas industry. The Electronics Design Engineer will be working within a supportive, inclusive team in a fast-paced, progressive environment. Weatherford provides training, excellent benefits and fantastic career progression.
Responsible for design of new products and makes improvements to existing products of MLWD tools.
- Design, simulate, prototype, and test ruggedized electronics for use in Weatherford’s MLWD and RSS downhole drilling systems.
- Develop and conduct prototype design qualification tests involving temperature, vibration, and pressure testing.
- Collaborate with other engineering staff to meet assigned project goals.
- Direct and oversee the project-specific activities of assigned technician staff.
- Interface closely with drafting group to develop PC board layouts and documentation.
- Participate in the engineering signoff of PC board documentation in Windchill.
- Provide support for all relevant design documents (work instructions, test procedures, theories of operation, etc).
- Assist Manufacturing with the transition of prototype designs to production.
- Provide troubleshooting support and root cause analysis investigation and documentation.
- Understand and comply with all safety rules and company policies of Weatherford.
- Demonstrate a personal commitment to Quality, Health, Safety and the Environment.
3+ years of related experience in the following:
- Competent user of data acquisition instrumentation and methods
- Proficient with data & circuit analysis tools (e.g. Matlab or Multisim)
- Experience in fit for purpose power supply design
- PCB Circuit design and simulations experience required
- Analog and digital design required
- Bachelor's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering required
Preferred Background:
- Experience in the areas of low-power and high-temperature hardware design for the downhole environment.
- Electronics design experience with measuring and logging while drilling tools
