NDT Development Engineer – UT/PAUT & Electromagnetic Inspection
NOV
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- Location
- Houston, TX
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 6
- 14 days ago
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NOV
Oil & energy · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Support the development, testing, validation, and continuous improvement of nondestructive inspection technologies used in steel and tubular-product applications.
What you need
- <span>3–5 years of relevant experience preferred; consideration may be given to candidates outside this range when the technical background is highly relevant.</span>
- <span>Hands-on experience in Nondestructive Testing / Nondestructive Evaluation.</span>
- <span>Experience with Ultrasonic Testing (UT).</span>
- <span>Experience with Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT).</span>
- <span>Experience with Electromagnetic Inspection (EMI) or closely related electromagnetic NDT technologies such as Eddy Current, MFL, EMAT, or similar.</span>
- <span>Demonstrated experience with flaw detection in steel, preferably steel pipe, tubular products, or comparable solid/hollow steel components.</span>
- <span>Bachelor's degree or higher in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials/Metallurgical Engineering, Mathematics with relevant NDT specialization, or a related technical field.</span>
- <span>Strong engineering problem-solving and analytical skills.</span>
- <span>Ability to work hands-on with inspection equipment, instrumentation, and experimental systems.</span>
- <p><span>Strong technical communication and documentation skills. </span></p><p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p>
- <span>Experience with tubular products, OCTG, steel mills, pipe manufacturing, aerospace metal inspection, railroad inspection, or other steel inspection applications.</span>
- <span>Experience developing or validating NDT inspection systems or inspection methodologies.</span>
- <span>Experience with signal processing, image processing, data acquisition, sensors, probes, transducers, or instrumentation.</span>
- <span>Experience with MATLAB, Python, C/C++, C#, LabVIEW, or similar tools.</span>
- <span>Experience with finite-element modeling or simulation, particularly involving ultrasound or electromagnetism.</span>
- <span>Experience with defect characterization, probability of detection, inspection sensitivity, calibration, or system validation.</span>
- <span>Familiarity with ASNT, ASTM, ASME, API, or comparable NDT standards.</span>
- <span>Research, product development, advanced manufacturing, or laboratory experimentation experience.</span>
Key skills
ultrasonic NDT methodselectromagnetic NDT methodsengineering or physics
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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.