Job Description

Overview

Join our Houston team as a Mechanical Components Engineer, where collaboration, problem-solving, and a commitment to safety and engineering excellence foster a thriving environment. The Core Standard Components team focuses on foundational components shared across product lines, ensuring reliable performance and driving standardization.

Responsibilities

  • Accountable for engineering execution of technical projects meeting internal and client requirements.
  • Ensure product compliance with client specifications and industry standards.
  • Lead design of new core standard components, including concept development and qualification test fixture design.
  • Maintain existing core standard components by simplifying designs and improving manufacturability.
  • Oversee qualification testing of core standard components to meet requirements.
  • Conduct design reviews for core standard components.
  • Write technical documentation including test procedures and engineering reports.
  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Provide technical support to supply chain, manufacturing, and project management.
  • Support field personnel and customers.
  • Ensure all work is conducted safely in accordance with health and safety guidelines.
  • May supervise, train, and guide subordinate personnel.

Requirements

  • 7 or more years of experience in mechanical engineering.
  • Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
  • Thorough understanding of machining, manufacturing, and hydraulic drawings.
  • Thorough understanding of classical stress calculations.
  • Understanding of API 6A and API 17D.
  • Experience with valves, seals, fasteners, small bore tubing, or chokes.
  • Strong organization skills.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Candidates must be able to legally work in the US.

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 $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $22–$37/hr across 86 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 341 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 193 different employers. 94 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,256 other active welding openings from 597 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.

SLB currently has 2 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 (29), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (23). 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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