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Overview

The Product Engineer is responsible for reviewing applications to understand technical requirements, providing engineering support, and ensuring compliance with industry specifications. This role involves performing engineering calculations, preparing technical packages, and developing product design solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Review applications to understand technical requirements and recommend appropriate products.
  • Assure that product applications do not exceed design and performance specifications.
  • Perform engineering calculations and present results including pipe properties and design verifications.
  • Review industry specifications and check compliance as per project requirements.
  • Provide engineering support for internal and external customers including Sales and Field Service.
  • Prepare technical packages for tenders and organize technical tender documents.
  • Provide technical training and presentations to employees, distributors, and customers.
  • Develop and maintain technical information in product literature.
  • Visit job sites to resolve technical issues and develop relationships with customers’ technical staff.
  • Prepare technical reports.
  • Analyze product issues and field incidents.
  • Develop, verify, and implement product design and manufacturing solutions.
  • Participate hands-on in lab and manufacturing environments.
  • Participate in product testing and qualification as per industry standards.
  • Design and draft models and drawings for the machine shop.

Requirements

  • 3 to 5 years of experience related to oil field and/or piping & pipelines.
  • Relevant experience with nonmetallic/composite materials and piping.
  • Possess technical aptitude and ability to understand engineering and design issues.
  • Ability to solve practical problems.
  • Adequate verbal, written and analytical skills.
  • Computer literacy using Microsoft Office Suite, MathCad, Autodesk Inventor/Solid Works or similar modelling software.
  • Available for overnight & international travel.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science from an accredited college or university.

Additional Information

  • Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
  • Work requires local travel.
  • Work may require evening and weekend work.
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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Houston, TX currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$35/hr across 85 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 334 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 191 different employers. 84 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,230 other active welding openings from 585 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.

NOV currently has 7 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 Austin Industries (28), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (22). 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 Midlothian at $38/hr, Irving at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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