Services Senior Specialist - Applications Engineering at Baker Hughes

Job Summary

• The successful candidate will be the technical focal point for upper and lower completion applications, responsible for developing fit-for-purpose completion solutions, supporting field execution, and driving technical excellence throughout the project lifecycle.
• This role requires extensive experience in completion design, packers, safety valves, tubing stress analysis, sand control, and Open Hole Gravel Pack (OHGP) applications.
• The candidate must be capable of working directly with customers, field operations, product line teams, and global engineering organizations to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective completion systems.

As an Application Engineer, you will be responsible for

• Leading the design and application engineering of upper and lower completion systems for offshore and onshore projects.
• Developing optimized completion architectures based on reservoir, wellbore, and operational requirements.
• Selecting and specify completion equipment including production packers, retrievable and permanent packers, SCSSVs, gas lift systems, flow control devices, sliding sleeves, landing nipples, seal assemblies, and intelligent completion components.
• Providing technical ownership of OHGP and sand control applications, including screen selection, gravel pack design, and execution support.
• Performing detailed engineering analysis including tubing stress, burst, collapse, tension, compression, buckling, thermal effects, packer load calculations, and seal movement evaluations.
• Utilizing engineering software such as WellCat and other completion design tools to validate completion designs and operating envelopes.
• Reviewing customer requirements and recommend technically compliant and commercially optimized solutions.
• Supporting tenders, technical proposals, and customer presentations.
• Participating in design reviews, risk assessments and lessons learned workshops.
• Providing operational support during equipment preparation, installation, commissioning, and well start-up activities.
• Troubleshooting field issues and lead technical investigations, failure analyses, and corrective action recommendations.
• Acting as the primary technical interface between the customer, operations teams, manufacturing facilities, and global engineering resources.
• Mentor junior engineers and support competency development within the organization.

To be successful in this role you will

• Bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of completion engineering experience with strong exposure to both upper and lower completions.
• Proven experience with:
  • Production Packers
  • SCSSV Systems
  • Intelligent Completions
  • Gas Lift Systems
  • Sand Control Technologies
  • Open Hole Gravel Pack (OHGP) Applications
  • Deepwater and offshore completion systems
  • Tubing Stress Analysis Software
• Demonstrated experience supporting major operator projects and customer-facing engineering activities.
• Excellent understanding of well integrity, completion reliability, and field execution best practices.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary project teams in complex drilling and completion environments.
• Have excellent customer engagement and communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead technical discussions and influence customer decision-making.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
• Results-oriented mindset with a strong focus on execution and operational excellence.