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Completions & Well Management Research Engineer - Advanced

Spring, US💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead research and technology development for hydraulic fracture modeling, stimulation effectiveness, and completion optimization in unconventional reservoirs.

Role type

Research Wells Engineer (Unconventional Technology Development)

Builds

Physics-based and data-driven modeling workflows, predictive models, and analytical tools for field development planning and production forecasting.

Domain

Upstream Oil & Gas / Unconventional Reservoir Development / Geomechanics

Deliverable

production ML models | research | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Hydraulic fracturing and stimulation design, Fracture mechanics and geomechanics, Fluid flow in porous media, Coupled physics modeling, Reservoir simulation, Experimental design, Numerical modeling, Data analysis, Scientific programming (Python)

Preferred skills

Hydraulic fracture modeling software (ResFrac, Kinetix), Field pilot planning and evaluation, Diagnostic fracture injection tests (DFITs), Microseismic monitoring, Machine learning applications, Cloud-based analytics (Azure Databricks, Power BI)

Technologies

Python, ResFrac, Kinetix, Azure Databricks, Power BI, Spotfire

Responsibilities

Lead research on hydraulic fracture modeling and completion optimization; Design and execute field pilots to evaluate innovative completion designs; Develop predictive models for production forecasting; Integrate geological, geomechanical, and production datasets; Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver technology solutions; Publish technical findings and mentor early-career engineers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership

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