Senior Downhole Design Engineer – Packers & Tools

Global Engineering Talent; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Engineering Talent is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to lead the design of downhole packers and related equipment across Aberdeen and Dubai. You will establish standards, validate designs through testing, and support development and qualification activities, while coordinating with manufacturing and operations teams.

The role requires extensive experience in downhole tools, strong drafting skills (AutoCAD/CADWorx), and fluent English.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in downhole tools or well completions.
• Proficiency in packer design and completion-equipment calculations.
• Experience taking products from concept through qualification and manufacture.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing packers and other downhole completion equipment.
• Establishing engineering standards, processes and design practices.
• Creating assembly, disassembly and redress procedures.
• Completing design calculations for completion equipment.
• Preparing engineering test requests and technical reports.
• Managing design plans, reviews and approvals.
• Defining Design Acceptance Criteria against product and customer requirements.
• Overseeing prototype assembly and workshop testing.
• Reviewing customer specifications, technical data and design proposals.
• Ensuring designs meet relevant performance and manufacturing requirements.
• Managing engineering changes and communicating them to relevant teams.
• Verifying drawings before equipment assembly and testing.
• Providing technical guidance across engineering, operations and management teams.

Skills

Packer design

Completion equipment calculations

Design for manufacture

Engineering standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

CADWorx

Job description

Global Engineering Talent is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to lead the design of downhole packers and related equipment across Aberdeen and Dubai. You will establish standards, validate designs through testing, and support development and qualification activities, while coordinating with manufacturing and operations teams.

The role requires extensive experience in downhole tools, strong drafting skills (AutoCAD/CADWorx), and fluent English.