Staff Engineer - Systems Engineering

Staff Engineer – Systems Engineering

Are you an experienced Staff Engineer – Systems Engineering looking for a new challenge?
 

Do you enjoy being part of team that provides high-quality engineering for our customers?

Role Summary

As a Staff Engineer in Systems Engineering, you will provide technical leadership for the design, development, integration, and execution of auxiliary systems for turbomachinery applications. You will lead projects or complex subsystems, ensure compliance with customer requirements, industry standards, and Baker Hughes engineering processes, and serve as the technical focal point from proposal support through commissioning and field operations.

Typical Responsibilities

• Lead project evaluation, design, analysis, testing, and integration in accordance with sound engineering principles, business practices, and project requirements.
• Apply expertise in engineering, product design, manufacturing, reliability, and testing to translate customer and product needs into system and component requirements.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the system’s intended use, required capabilities, interfaces, and each element’s role in the delivered configuration.
• Lead the development and finalization of auxiliary-system deliverables, including P&IDs, process data sheets, technical specifications, equipment data sheets, calculations, and supporting design documents.
• Provide technical expertise in centrifugal compressor auxiliary systems, including dry gas seal and lubrication systems, seal gas heaters, boosters, control valves, pressure safety valves, and filters.
• Lead system design reviews, ensure timely and high-quality closure of actions, and serve as design team leader when assigned.
• Apply relevant engineering practices, international codes, standards, and specifications, including API 614, API 692, ASME, and PED, as applicable.
• Lead the review and integration of supplier documents, including general arrangement and detail drawings, calculations, data sheets, and interface information.
• Provide engineering support for kick-off meetings, customer reviews, supplier discussions, testing, commissioning, and field issue resolution.
• Participate in or lead customer HAZOP and SIL reviews to protect personnel and asset integrity.
• Use modelling and simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Flow-MASTER, or Aspen HYSYS to support predictive design and technical decisions.
• Prepare and present technical reports and recommendations to internal and external customers and provide Product Line support as needed.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to Engineers, Lead Engineers, and Senior Engineers.
• Contribute to technical design and program reviews across Product Line projects.
• Review, improve, and update Product Line design practices and standards within the relevant discipline.
• Lead or support teams working on organizational initiatives, technology development, productivity improvements, or business-critical issues.
• Develop action plans to resolve technical issues, manage engineering risks, and drive cross-functional closure.
• Collaborate with Project Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Testing, Field Service, and other functions to ensure customer requirements are understood and met.
• Apply technical expertise to new-energy solutions, including hydrogen, CO2, and energy storage.
• Promote innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement while documenting technical data in accordance with engineering policies and procedures.
• Continue developing multidisciplinary and cross-Product Line expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with 15+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of fluid dynamics, mechanical and thermal systems, turbomachinery operation, process design, and complex auxiliary-system integration.
• Proven ability to resolve complex technical issues and lead engineering work packages, projects, or subsystems.
• Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering, including definition, system architecture and integration, configuration management, technical risk management, and design verification.
• Ability to develop, review, and approve P&IDs, process flow diagrams, specifications, data sheets, calculations, supplier drawings, and operation and maintenance manuals.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical writing, presentation, stakeholder management, mentoring, and influencing skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across global, multidisciplinary teams and lead through influence.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Leadership and Behavioral Capabilities

• Demonstrates technical leadership, sound engineering judgment, accountability, and ownership of project outcomes.
• Aligns stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams around practical, technically robust solutions.
• Mentors' engineers and strengthens technical capability across the organization.
• Manages competing priorities, risks, and interfaces in a global project environment.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to safety, quality, compliance, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement.
• Communicates complex technical information clearly to customers, suppliers, leaders, and engineering teams.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in Oil & Gas, LNG, Petrochemical, Power Generation, or new-energy projects.
• Experience leading or making significant contributions to HAZOP and SIL reviews, design reviews, testing, commissioning, and field support.
• Experience leading technical discussions with global customers, suppliers, and project execution teams.
• Experience developing or improving Product Line design practices and engineering standards.

Work in a way that works for you
 

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work during the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us
 

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
 

Working for you
 

Our inventions have revolutionised energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritise rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and well-being activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• A safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Staff Engineer, Systems, Customer Order Engineering