Fiber Engineer - Well Services
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Job Overview The Fiber Engineer is an experienced fiber optic specialist supporting technically advanced well-surveillance projects involving conveyance optic cable to acquire D.
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Responsibilities
- Plan and supervise deployment of fiber optic cable within capillary tubing for through tubing conveyance in live production and injection wells.
- Manage reel preparation, fiber termination, and surface connection to interrogation units.
- Execute fiber optic splicing (fusion and mechanical), connector preparation, and optical loss management to maintain signal integrity.
- Conduct pre job and post job OTDR testing and optical verification to confirm fiber continuity and performance.
- Troubleshoot deployment anomalies including fiber breaks, high attenuation events, and mechanical obstructions.
- Set up, configure, and operate multi vendor DAS and DTS interrogation systems.
- Configure acquisition parameters in line with well objectives and vendor operating envelopes.
- Monitor real time data streams during acquisition, identify anomalies, and adjust parameters to optimize data quality.
- Archive acquired data with proper metadata tagging, depth/time referencing, and handover documentation.
- Liaise with interrogator vendors for technical support, software updates, and calibration prior to field mobilization.
- Provide technical input for RFQs, scope of work documents, and vendor qualification assessments related to fiber optic sensing contracts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in petroleum, electrical, optical/photonics engineering, or a closely related technical discipline
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in oilfield services, specifically in DFOS operations
- Hands on proficiency in fusion splicing, mechanical splicing, OTDR trace analysis, optical loss budgeting, and fiber characterization
- Operational experience with two or more interrogator systems
- Ability to generate and interpret DAS waterfall plots and DTS temperature profiles
- Familiarity with single mode, multi mode, and specialty coated fibers
- Proficiency in managing large DFOS datasets
- IWCF or WELL SHARP Well Control certification preferred
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Job Overview
- The Fiber Engineer is an experienced fiber optic specialist supporting technically advanced well surveillance projects involving conveyance optic cable to acquire DAS and DTS data in real time. This is a field intensive position requiring proven expertise in distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) an
Responsibilities
- Plan and supervise deployment of fiber optic cable within capillary tubing for through tubing conveyance in live production and injection wells.
- Manage reel preparation, fiber termination, and surface connection to interrogation units.
- Execute fiber optic splicing (fusion and mechanical), connector preparation, and optical loss management to maintain signal integrity across downhole fiber runs.
- Conduct pre job and post job OTDR testing and optical verification to confirm fiber continuity and performance.
- Troubleshoot deployment anomalies including fiber breaks, high attenuation events, and mechanical obstructions, performing root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Set up, configure, and operate multi vendor DAS and DTS interrogation systems.
- Configure acquisition parameters including pulse repetition frequency (PRF), gauge length, channel spacing, sampling frequency, and measurement range in line with well objectives and vendor operating envelopes.
- Monitor real time data streams during acquisition, identify anomalies, and adjust acquisition parameters on site to optimize signal to noise ratio and data quality.
- Archive acquired data in vendor specific and non proprietary formats with proper metadata tagging, depth/time referencing, and handover documentation.
- Liaise with interrogator vendors for technical support, software updates, and calibration prior to field mobilization.
- Provide technical input for RFQs, scope of work documents, and vendor qualification assessments related to fiber optic sensing and through tubing DFOS contracts.
Skills
- Hands on proficiency in fusion splicing, mechanical splicing, OTDR trace analysis, optical loss budgeting, and fiber characterization.
- Operational experience with two or more interrogator systems.
- Ability to generate and interpret DAS waterfall plots and DTS temperature profiles, and recognize flow, leak, and valve operation signatures using vendor software.
- Familiarity with single mode, multi mode, and specialty coated fibers and their mechanical and thermal performance under downhole conditions.
- Proficiency in managing large DFOS datasets, including structured archiving, time/depth alignment, and preparation of clean data handover packages for clients.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in petroleum, electrical, optical/photonics engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in oilfield services, specifically in DFOS operations.
- IWCF or WELL SHARP Well Control certification preferred.
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