Downhole Sustaining Engineering Lead

HULK; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HULK USA in Houston seeks a Sustaining Engineering Lead to drive performance, reliability, and continuous improvement of our downhole products while leading a team of engineers. This hands-on leadership role blends technical oversight with people development, shaping engineering changes, cost-reduction projects, and manufacturing readiness from concept through field deployment.

The successful candidate will have strong mechanical engineering experience in upstream oil and gas, experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Significant hands-on engineering experience designing, developing, or sustaining downhole tools used in upstream oil and gas operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams, including direct people management or substantial team leadership responsibilities.
• Strong mechanical design background with practical experience in engineering analysis, product testing, validation, and technical troubleshooting.
• Experience managing engineering projects through design, development, manufacturing, implementation, and validation.
• Working knowledge of engineering change management, configuration control, technical documentation, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience investigating product failures, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions.
• Ability to manage multiple engineering initiatives while balancing cost, quality, technical requirements, and schedules.
• Strong communication, decision-making, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Willingness to remain hands-on technically while leading and developing a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead sustaining engineering activities focused on improving the performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost effectiveness of existing HULK products.
• Maintain hands-on involvement in mechanical design, engineering analysis, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and product validation.
• Own engineering projects from problem identification and technical evaluation through implementation, testing, and final validation.
• Evaluate field performance data, manufacturing concerns, and product reliability issues to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Lead engineering changes, including Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Bills of Materials (BOMs), design revisions, configuration control, and technical documentation.
• Support the transition of new products from development into sustaining engineering, ensuring appropriate validation, documentation, manufacturing readiness, and long-term product ownership.

Skills

Team leadership

Mechanical design

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

SolidWorks PDM

JIRA

SAP

NetSuite

Job description

HULK USA in Houston seeks a Sustaining Engineering Lead to drive performance, reliability, and continuous improvement of our downhole products while leading a team of engineers. This hands-on leadership role blends technical oversight with people development, shaping engineering changes, cost-reduction projects, and manufacturing readiness from concept through field deployment.

The successful candidate will have strong mechanical engineering experience in upstream oil and gas, experience with