About Houston

ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.

By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.

The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.

The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.

Learn more about what we do in Houston here .

What role you will play in our team

We are looking for experienced research engineers to perform subsurface/wells-related research (drilling, completions, etc.) in the areas of Unconventionals and Deepwater/Conventional Oil and Gas development. The position will require the selected individual to be working in a dynamic environment with integrated multi-disciplinary teams including geoscientists, reservoir engineers, and operations engineers to support a range of subsurface/wells-related technology development. The position will be located in Spring, TX.

What you will do

• Research, assess, and develop new technologies, tools and workflows for subsurface/wells-related applications for either the Unconventional or Deepwater/Conventional assets.

• Conduct studies in one or more of the following areas to demonstrate and apply newly developed technologies and workflows:

  • Unconventional completions and fracture diagnostics

  • Integrated fracture-reservoir modeling

  • Coupled physics modeling for well injection / well production

  • Geomechanics

  • Carbon capture and sequestration

Skills and Qualifications

Technical skill requirements are as follows:

• Ph.D. strongly preferred, but will also consider outstanding Masters candidates.

• Degrees of interest include Engineering (Petroleum, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical), Applied and Computational Mathematics, Applied Physics, Chemistry, or a closely related field with graduate and/or project work in at least one of the following areas:

  • Numerical modeling of fractures

  • Solid Mechanics (e.g., Geomechanics)

  • Fluid mechanics (numerical modeling of flow in wellbore / porous media)

  • Coupled-physics modeling (models incorporating fluid + solid mechanics)

  • Experimental / numerical modeling for carbonate acidizing treatments

  • Lab experimental design & application / field-scale pilots

  • Integrated fracture and reservoir modeling

  • Unconventional completions operations and/or reservoir engineering

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of post-grad/non-university industry experience (5+ years strongly preferred) in Upstream O&G working subsurface/wells-related research.

• Strong analytical and communication skills

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.

• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.

• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.

• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.

• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.