Reservoir Engineer (Quality Assurance)

SLB; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Dental care

Health & wellbeing programs

Pension plan

Life insurance

Job summary

SLB is seeking a QA Reservoir Engineer to validate the quality of newly developed reservoir simulation solutions. Located at the Abingdon Technology Centre in Oxfordshire, the role offers hybrid work with on-site and home days, plus access to a global Centre of Excellence and training programs.

Ideal candidates hold a Master’s in Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering and have experience in reservoir engineering and QA/test practices.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in a relevant field is required.
• Experience in reservoir engineering roles or placements is preferred.
• Demonstrated QA and testing mindset is essential.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and improve product deliverables, including docs.
• Design and execute test strategies and suites with development team.
• Develop automated tests to support regression testing.
• Track test progress and report results in defect-tracking systems.
• Ensure acceptance criteria align with current functionality to be released.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Reservoir engineering

Test automation

Software testing

Technical mentoring

Education

Master's degree in Petroleum / Reservoir Engineering

Tools

Simulation software

Defect tracking

Job description

Job title:

Reservoir Engineer (Quality Assurance)

About Us:

We are a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet.

At SLB we create amazing technology that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all. That is our purpose. As innovators, that’s been our mission for 100 years. We are facing the world’s greatest balancing act- how to simultaneously reduce emissions and meet the world’s growing energy demands. We’re working on that answer. Every day, a step closer.

Our collective future depends on decarbonizing the fossil fuel industry, while innovating a new energy landscape. It’s what drives us. Ensuring progress for people and the planet, on the journey to net zero and beyond. For a balanced planet.

Location:

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

SLB’s Abingdon Technology Centre, UK, is the home of reservoir simulation. The most widely used reservoir simulation tools in the industry are conceived and created here. The depth of experience of the Oxfordshire group is unparalleled anywhere else. As we continue to support the energy transition to low carbon solutions, we require a dynamic recent graduate to join our software development team.

Job Summary:

The QA Reservoir Engineer is a key technical contributor working in the area of reservoir and production engineering. The successful candidate will utilise key Reservoir Engineering expertise to validate the applicability and quality of the newly developed Reservoir Simulation solutions.

Why come to SLB?

• Be part of SLB’s world-renowned Reservoir Engineering Centre of Excellence
• Access to experts, facilities, support team, opportunities to learn, training for the next generation of reservoir engineering
• Accelerated entry to SLB at Grade 10 rather than 9
• Means one or two less years before attaining Senior grade
• Strong support for staff promotions
• As QA Reservoir Engineer, be part of the cutting edge of development of reservoir simulation practice
• Early exposure to the latest ideas in simulation, potential for publications and presentations (example: "What’s New" presentations), opportunity to influence product development
• Opportunity to build your international network through extended residential training in SLB centre in UAE
• "IGNITE" training is well-known as producing top-quality practitioners
• A rotation program allowing QA Reservoir Engineers to experience supporting customers and other roles
• Interaction with clients and exposure to client issues
• Target to be re-assigned to a wider reservoir engineering role in SLB after 3 years
• All transfers within SLB are based on excellent performance in the current role
• Examples: transfers to Product Management, to on-site client support, to New Energies Res Engineering

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

It is expected that the successful candidate will be able to:

• Review software requirement documents, provide input to improve product deliverable (including technical documentation).
• Designs, reviews, organizes and executes test strategy, test plans and test suites with focus on intended quality of application workflows and in close cooperation with the development team.
• Makes independent studies, analysis, interpretations and conclusions to evaluate data quality and application during testing of new products and services: compares tool performance versus specification and evaluates the relevance of the measurement in respect to customer needs.
• Reviews test plans with focus on the intended application workflows, contribute technical expertise to ensure test plan completeness.
• Find, explore, analyze and prioritize technical problems based on the importance to the end user and effect on overall product quality.
• Develop automated tests to support efficient regression testing.
• Track testing progress and report test results in a timely manner using provided systems for reporting and defect tracking.
• Ensure engineering solutions meet the acceptance criteria as based upon the current functionality to be released.
• Proactively identify and elevate project risks.
• Assist in planning and testing of incremental releases or new versions of the product.
• Delivers training and technical support to engineers, the R&D, field organization and customers in applying or understanding the software functionality for their interpretation needs.
• May participate in joint case studies between R&D organization and customers.
• Investigates and proposes new development areas and technical solutions in the domain of Reservoir / Production Engineering which demonstrate understanding of the Company strategy.
• Assists the Product Champions during product or service introduction, in particular for marketing documentation, publications in professional societies, training schools, presentation of tools and answer products to customers, on-line training packages.
• Participates in the relevant technical reviews and audits of the projects.
• Offers technical guidance and mentoring to staff
• Contributes to the innovation activities and university relationships of the technology or research centre.
• May participate in recruiting.
• Complies with applicable company policies', including Personnel, Quality System and Health, Safety and Environment standards and procedures.
• Successfully complete required safety training (including but not limited to drugs and alcohol, electrical, emergency response, fire, first aid, health and hygiene, PPE, SIPP, risk reporting, IT security, driving).

Qualifications:

The successful candidate should possess the following:

• Advanced degree (Masters) in Petroleum / Reservoir Engineering
• Experience (work placements / internships etc) in commercial reservoir engineering roles

Career Advancement:

SLB Eureka Technical Career (SETC) provides proven technical contributors with a career path that offers them recognition, reward, and influence that parallels an equivalent management progression. We are leaders in Technology Domain Knowledge – Our Eureka Community of practice has over 28,500 members, in 30 communities, with 123 Special Interest Groups (SIGs). We’ve published over 10,000 publications in the past decade. The early stage of SETC known as "SETC Associate", is a new addition to the SETC Framework in the Technology Organization. This ensures you have the appropriate training within the team and SLB, and allows multiple networking opportunities throughout the company.

BlueFlex (if eligible):

We are open to flexible, hybrid working with a combination of on-site & home working days.

What we can offer you:

Competitive base salary with bonus, private healthcare for employee & family, subsidised dental care, Health & Wellbeing programs such as the Employee Mental health support, health & wellness coaching, part employer and employee funded pension contribution, Income protection scheme, life insurance.

Other benefits are also available through the SLB flexible benefits program.

SLB is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.