Controls Engineer - Houston, United States - National Oilwell Varco

Description

JOB SUMMARY

Successful candidate will operate as a multifunctional engineer with substantial latitude for action and serve as an advisor for the BOP software team.

Responsibilities include providing guidance on software design, implementation and validation; Recommend improvements/changes to the design and changes in processes and procedures as needed.

Support the upgrades and new build software engineering teams on aftermarket/customer orders when needed. This includes generating the necessary software documentation to ensure proper QA from the engineering phase to installation & commissioning.


Primary Responsibilities:
Design, write and configure software (PLC, HMI, industrial networking devices) for BOP control system applications.

Assist in the development and maintenance of commissioning and software documentation including updates after release.

Provide support for the implementation, training and troubleshooting of software products.

Develop and de-bug software products prior to release.

Diagnose and troubleshoot associated hardware as required.

Perform other work-related tasks as assigned.

Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policies and procedures.

Follow NOV processes to execute projects.

Work with customers (internal/external) and review project defining documents to understand project requirements.

Participate in design reviews.

Develop Software Design Specification for NOV BOP control system in collaboration with other engineering teams and customer.

Write logic for PLC software used to monitor and control a BOP and its auxiliary systems.

Design and program an HMI Application used on a BOP and its auxiliary systems.

Perform internal test and customer FAT of BOP control system software.

Troubleshoot and Debug software and provide remote field support when needed.


Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

Location: 6390 N Eldridge Pkwy., Houston TX

Hybrid schedule (3 days in the office and 2 days remote work) after completion of training.

Preferred 5 or more years' experience designing control systems and programming PLCs/HMIs.

Preferred 5 or more years of Project Engineering experience.

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