Senior Robotics Engineer

A highly motivated robotics or mechanical engineer with a proven track record in robotics and machine automation, eager to contribute to a team focused on designing, developing, and refining automated systems for oil and gas drill floor operations.

The role emphasizes improving safety, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring reliable execution of handling operations.

• Provide engineering support on mechanical equipment.
• Conceptualize mechanical design solutions.
• Perform stress analysis on mechanical components/systems.
• Produce or check design layouts and detail drawings.
• Create tolerance studies and check design documentation.
• Research and specify purchased component parts.
• Design component and system level test plans and test fixtures.
• Generate engineering reports documenting design/analysis efforts and results.
• Conduct research on robotic hardware and software technologies to create new robotic systems or system capabilities.
• Participate in initial equipment conceptual ideas and development, specifications, and control requirements, for hands free and automated pipe handling and drilling.
• Research, assess, and where necessary design software (optional) and hardware systems for electromechanical equipment or systems, and advanced displays, advanced sensing, robotic platforms, computer vision.
• Research, assess, and where necessary design software (optional) and hardware systems for robotic applications related to the drilling industry pipe-handling activities using robotic platforms, open source or commercial.
• Participate in the definition of scope with vendors for the development of robotic and automated solutions for exclusive use in NOV equipment and rig packages.
• Participate in NOV specification and standards creation for robotic solutions, and release to vendor for quote and technical evaluation.
• Enforce application of NOV standards, and work with vendors during specification, design review, design approval.
• Establish test plans and control test plan execution with vendors and at NOV and customers facilities during installation and acceptance testing and commissioning.