NDE Engineer – Advanced Ultrasonic & Electromagnetic Inspection
NOV
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- Location
- Houston, TX
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 26
- 1 day ago
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About the company
NOV
Oil & energy · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Support the development of nondestructive inspection technologies
- Support testing and validation of nondestructive inspection technologies
- Support the continuous improvement of nondestructive inspection technologies
What you need
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
- Demonstrated professional experience in Nondestructive Testing (NDT) or Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE).
- Hands-on experience with Ultrasonic Testing (UT).
- Experience with Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT), advanced ultrasonic inspection, or comparable advanced UT technology.
- Experience with electromagnetic NDT/inspection, including Eddy Current, MFL, EMI, EMAT, or related methods.
- Experience applying NDT methods to steel, steel pipe, tubular products, welds, or comparable metallic materials.
- Ability to interpret inspection results and communicate technical findings to engineering and operations teams.
- Strong technical problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work effectively in laboratory, manufacturing, inspection, and engineering environments. Preferred Qualifications
- 3–5 years of directly relevant NDE/NDT engineering experience preferred; candidates with additional relevant experience may also be considered.
- Experience with OCTG, tubular products, steel mills, pipe manufacturing, railroad inspection, aerospace metallic components, or other steel inspection applications.
- Experience with NDE method development, inspection system development, or inspection equipment qualification.
- Experience with TOFD, AUT, FMC/TFM, UTSW, guided-wave ultrasonics, or other advanced NDE methods.
- Knowledge of probability of detection (POD), defect characterization, calibration, inspection sensitivity, and validation.
- Experience with signal processing, image processing, data acquisition, sensors, probes, transducers, or instrumentation.
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, C/C++, or similar technical programming tools.
- Experience with FEA/FEM, COMSOL, ANSYS, or other modeling and simulation tools.
- Familiarity with ASNT, ASTM, ASME, API, AWS, or similar NDT and inspection standards.
- Research, product development, manufacturing engineering, or advanced inspection technology experience.
Key skills
Ultrasonic NDT methodsElectromagnetic NDT methodsNondestructive inspectionEngineeringPhysics
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NOV is seeking an NDT Development Engineer to support the development, testing, validation, and continuous improvement of nondestructive inspection technologies used in steel and tubular-product applications.
This is a hands-on engineering and technology-development position for someone with experience applying ultrasonic and electromagnetic NDT methods to detect flaws in steel, combined with a strong engineering or physics foundation.