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Overview

Baker Hughes has an opening for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer in Houston, TX, focusing on wellbore construction. The role involves leading design projects and driving innovation within the oilfield services industry.

Responsibilities

  • Execute evaluation, design, analysis, test, or integration of projects using sound engineering principles.
  • Apply system engineering methodologies in the design phase of products.
  • Provide technical leadership to personnel and cross-functional teams.
  • Implement and recommend plans to meet technical requirements.
  • Lead or participate in teams addressing organizational initiatives.
  • Present or participate in technical and program design reviews.
  • Ensure proper documentation of technical data for projects.
  • Estimate and manage project timelines and costs.
  • Plan and execute product validation testing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in completions technologies.
  • Strong communication skills for interaction with internal and external customers.
  • Effective team collaborator with understanding of behavioral dynamics.
  • Ability to adapt to changing projects or workload demands.
  • Proficient in design, modeling, analysis, and product qualification.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Location: Houston, TX

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How this job compares in Houston, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $26/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$34/hr across 88 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Houston, TX

We're tracking 351 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 197 different employers. 116 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,395 other active welding openings from 683 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.

Baker Hughes currently has 5 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Austin Industries (25). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Burleson at $40/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Wellbore Construction figures were last recalculated when this page was built.