Application Engineer I

ChampionX; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Resources and technology access

Long-term career path

Safety training

Job summary

ChampionX, now part of SLB, is seeking an Applications Engineer in Midland, TX. You will develop proposals, deliver technical presentations, and estimate resources to modify and install products and services for customers.

You will liaise with design engineers, respond to technical questions, and train customers on product features. A Bachelor's in Engineering and 2 years of experience are required; US work authorization is needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to provide technical advice during negotiations with strategic customers.
• Strong customer interaction and training skills.
• English fluency and US work authorization; no visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical proposals showing how products and services meet customer needs and fit existing systems.
• Develop and deliver sales presentations; respond to technical questions on products and services.
• Estimate costs, resources, time, and requirements to modify and install products.
• Coordinate with hardware, software, and sistemas design engineers to align with customer needs.
• Respond to customer questions; troubleshoot and resolve post-implementation issues.
• Train customers on product features after purchase.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in Eng.

2 years experience

Customer communication

Technical advisory

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Disclaimer: SLB completed the acquisition of ChampionX on July 16, 2025. If selected for this position, your employment will begin with ChampionX and will transition to SLB as part of the planned integration.

We are looking for an Applications Engineer located in Midland, TX. This is your opportunity to join a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet.

What’s In It For You

• You will join a growing company offering competitive pay and benefits
• Access to best-in-class resources, tools, and technology
• Opportunity for a long term, advanced career path
• A culture that values safety first, including training and personal protection

What You Will Do

• Develop technical proposals of how the organization’s products and services can meet customer needs and be integrated and implemented with the customer’s existing systems and equipment.
• Develop and deliver sales presentations and respond to technical questions regarding the organization’s product, system, or service.
• Estimate the costs, resources, time, and technical requirements of modifying, configuring, and installing the organization’s products and services to meet customer needs.
• Liaise with hardware, software, and systems design engineers to ensure that products and services are modified, configured, and installed according to customer needs.
• Respond to customer questions and troubleshoot, investigate, and resolve technical problems that arise during or after implementation.
• Train customers on the features of the product or service they have purchased.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 2 years of experience
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US, no Visa sponsorship offered for this position.
• Expertise to provide technical advice during larger or difficult negotiations, or with customer who are of strategic importance to the organization.
• Interact politely and professionally with customers and /or coworkers
• Strong customer skills including the ability to explain and train.
• Follow all safety policies and company-wide safety requirements; encourage action assuring safe behavior; confront unsafe behavior and conditions proactively and positively
• Work in excess of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week, as required to meet business needs
• Work in an unsupervised environment
• Read, write, and speak English fluently
• Use a computer to communicate, create, and access data

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to customer or other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Sitting: May sit for extended periods of time.
• Moving around the office: Moving between desk and file cabinets and/or office equipment.
• Repetitive motion: Substantial movement (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers to use a computer.
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal;
• The employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

About Us

ChampionX is now part of SLB, a global technology company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century.

We are a technology company that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all. Today, we face a global imperative to create a future with more energy, but less carbon. Our diverse, innovative change makers are focused on going further in innovation and inventing the new energy technologies we need to get there.

For more news and information, visit SLB.com

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.