Baker Hughes
Senior Systems Engineer
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Job Description: Senior System Engineer
Are you a passionate System Engineer interested in working in the oil and gas sector? Are you seeking a challenging opportunity for your career growth?
About Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes stands as a leading global energy-technology company, delivering innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient across the entire value chain. Operating in more than 120 countries, the company blends deep industrial expertise with advanced engineering and digital technologies to support energy production, transformation, and decarbonization. With over a century of heritage, Baker Hughes partners with customers in oil and gas, industrial sectors, and emerging energy markets to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future.
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Systems engineering is a cross-functional engineering discipline, centered on an approach, mindset, and process. All activities that consider both the business and the technical needs of the customers with the goal of providing a quality solution that meets the users' needs. System Engineering discipline executes a robust process of design, creation, and optimization of systems, consisting of identification and quantification of system requirements, creation of alternate system design concepts, performance of design trade studies, selection and implementation of the best designs, and verification that the design is properly integrated and executed.
Role Responsibilities
As a Senior Systems Engineer you will be responsible for:
- Supporting the System Engineering Manager with system engineering on allocated projects.
- Developing system deliverables including BoD, PFD, P&ID, philosophies, etc.
- Preparing material for system design review process.
- Ensuring all activities that span multiple components and products are managed effectively considering how to integrate for maximum performance and operability.
- Supporting management of system requirements, specifications, and flow down to sub-systems/products/components.
- Supporting validation and verification activities for the overall product/system, including system-level testing.
- Supporting technical interface management.
- Identifying opportunities for variation orders from technical aspects and driving them to approval with PEM.
- Supporting CTQ/Risk trades across teams designing products.
- Comprehensive in-depth understanding of complex and highly technical concepts and principles in own sphere of expertise.
- Strong knowledge of technical concepts in technologies that intersect with own technical space.
- Communicating across the organization. Presenting to senior leaders (EB and SEB) in specific technical space and across functional teams on how technologies interconnect and contribute to the overall solution.
- Ability to travel to supervise testing activities as and when required.
- Managing specific scopes (including issue resolution) as allocated by the System Engineering Manager.
- Deputizing for the System Engineering Manager as required.
- Taking assignments as required leading technical aspects of commercial pursuits, applying skills & expertise to ensure competitive subsea systems.
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Desired Qualifications
To be successful in the role, you should have:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma/GED with experience in Engineering/Technology).
- Strong experience in Customer Project Engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate others and achieve results.
- Demonstrated commitment to process improvement.
- Customer-focused in defining quality and establishing priorities.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Executive-level presentation skills.
- Ability to influence others and lead teams.
- Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
- Effective problem identification and solution skills.
- Previous experience in project/product on-site fabrication/testing is seen as beneficial.
- Proven track record of achievement in previous roles.
- Knowledge of appropriate and relevant Industry Specifications, Standards, and Regulations.
- Industry-related experience in relevant products as noted above.
- Functional and operational knowledge of relevant internal processes, procedures, and tools.
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:
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One of our core values as a business is collaboration, and as such, whilst flexible work options are available, we believe there is a great benefit of having our teams co-located in one of our many offices in the United Kingdom.
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.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Senior Engineer, Systems, Project Engineering.
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 better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We're makers, inventors, and leaders who aren't afraid of the tough challenges. We believe pushing boundaries will help to lead the way for a new energy future.
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