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About this Application Engineer - Drilling Services role at Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes · Onsite · US-TX-HOUSTON-2001 RANKIN ROAD

Are you ready to deliver high‑impact engineering solutions for complex well construction operations?

Are you able to collaborate across teams to ensure safe, efficient, and optimized execution in the field?

Partner with the best

Application Engineering at Baker Hughes plays a critical role in ensuring successful execution across the full job lifecycle—from planning through execution to post‑job analysis. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, operations, and customer engagement, ensuring that all application requirements are clearly defined, risks are understood, and solutions are optimized. By working closely with Service Delivery Coordinators, Sales, and field teams, Application Engineers contribute directly to operational excellence and customer satisfaction.

Fuel your passion

As an Application Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering flawless execution across drilling operations by supporting pre‑planning, real‑time job execution, and post‑job evaluation. You will design well profiles, analyze operational risks, and develop technical solutions aligned with customer objectives. You will also play a key role in incident analysis, continuous improvement, and supporting commercial success through technical expertise. Your work will directly impact operational performance, customer relationships, and future business opportunities.

As an Application Engineer, you will deliver flawless execution through involvement in pre-planning, job execution, and post-job analysis. This position works seamlessly together with the Service Delivery Coordinators and other resources across organizational boundaries to ensure all aspects and constraints of the applications are understood and have been considered.

As an Application Engineer, you will be responsible for:

  • Ensuring compliance with manage the Job Cycle (MtJC) process.

  • Working with the assigned Service Delivery Coordinator/Salesperson to understand the client’s well construction or production objectives.

  • Design well profiles and perform applications engineering task including risk mitigation plans and contingency plans, that can meet the client’s objective(s), maximize revenue potential and ensure future job assignments for Baker Hughes

  • Working on Field Incidents related to products/services.

  • Participating in Incident Investigations when required, ensuring the end to end process.

  • Providing sales support and product application recommendations.

  • Handling special projects as required.

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related experience

  • Have minimum 5 years of experience in Well planning/ Applications engineering roles within Drilling Services.

  • Be able to speak and write in English (advanced level).

  • Have the ability to travel (potential for travel to rig sites, customer facilities, meetings, training, etc.).

  • Have the ability to be on call outside of normal business hours.

  • Have excellent strong interpersonal, influencing and planning skills.

Work in a way that works for you:

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit in everything in and work when you are the most productive.

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: Services Specialist - Applications Engineering
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About Baker Hughes

At Baker Hughes, we are transforming the future of energy. With operations in over 120 countries, we are developing and deploying industry-leading technologies and services to take energy forward. For more than a century, our inventions have revolutionized energy. Today, we are bringing our expertise to make oil and gas safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Our people are the trusted experts, relied on to solve customer challenges big and small. 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. We believe in creating an environment of diversity and inclusion, without bias. We know we are bett

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