Varel Energy Solutions (VES) is one of the world’s largest independent manufacturer and suppliers of downhole drilling and completions products to the energy sector. The key to the company's success is underpinned by the virtues and the cultural framework of our employees. VES offers an exciting and fast paced work environment, attractive benefits, and competitive pay. If you’re looking to invest in your career development, Varel Energy Solutions is the right place for you. Come join our team!
Summary: VES is looking for a Lead Engineer to join our team in Faridabad, India location. The Lead Engineer will provide technical leadership for new product development, product improvement, and sustaining engineering activities for oilfield products.
The position will lead a team of approximately three engineers and coordinate closely with the Engineering Manager, Manufacturing, Quality, Operations, and global engineering teams and will be responsible for driving projects from concept through design, qualification, and field deployment while ensuring existing products remain technically robust, manufacturable, compliant, and competitive .
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Lead and prioritize engineering projects and sustaining activities for a team of approximately three engineers.
- Provide technical direction, mentoring, and design review support to engineers and designers.
- Lead new product development from concept → design → prototype → qualification → field deployment.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing new product development with sustaining engineering requirements.
- Develop and maintain project plans, technical requirements, design reviews, risk assessments, and qualification plans.
- Lead root-cause investigations, product improvements, CAPA, and corrective design actions.
- Work directly with Manufacturing and Quality to resolve design, process, and product issues.
- Support field engineering and customer technical requirements as needed.
- Ensure designs meet applicable API, ISO, customer, and internal engineering requirements.
- Review and approve engineering drawings, GD&T, calculations, FEA, material selections, and engineering changes.
- Support development and execution of qualification and validation testing.
- Promote standardization, design reuse, cost reduction, manufacturability, and product reliability.
- Communicate project status, technical risks, resource requirements, and recommendations to the Engineering Manager .
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Competencies (skills & abilities)
Ability to:
- Demonstrate an organized and disciplined approach to engineering management
- Display strong leadership and management skills including performance management, planning, prioritization, objective setting, and plan execution.
- Communicate technical concepts, needs, and instructions accurately, clearly, and concisely to both technical and non-technical colleagues in English and Hindi.
- Interact with, influence, resolve conflict and drive consensus among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines, at times under stressful circumstances.
- Make decisions with direct consequences to the company.
Education & Work Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
- 10–15+ years of engineering experience, preferably within the oilfield industry.
- 3–5+ years of technical/project leadership experience, including leading engineers or designers.
- Direct experience with downhole drilling or completion tools.
- Demonstrated experience developing mechanical products from concept through qualification and field deployment.
- Strong understanding of applicable industry standards, including API 10F, API 10D, API 11D1, and API 19AC.
- Experience designing pressure-containing mechanical products.
- Strong knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, FEA, mechanical design, and materials.
- Working knowledge of metals, heat treatment, elastomers, coatings, and manufacturing processes.
- Proficiency with Creo/Pro-E, SolidWorks, or similar CAD systems.
- Experience with PLM/PDM systems and engineering change processes.
- Experience with NPI, design reviews, FMEA, qualification testing, root-cause analysis, and CAPA.
- Experience working directly with manufacturing and quality organizations.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with Houston and global engineering teams.
- Experience supporting products manufactured within API/ISO-certified organizations is preferred
Thank you for your interest in a career with Varel Energy Solutions.