Product Engineer

ChampionX has an immediate opening for a Product Line Engineer located in Houston, Texas. This position will be responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the Quality department.

What’s in it For You:

• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth

• Thrive in a company that values sustainability, drives a safety-focused culture and empowers its employees through continuous improvement

• The chance to join a learning and problem-solving culture

• Comprehensive benefits package starting day 1 of employment- medical, dental, vision, matching 401k, company paid life and disability insurance, health savings account with company provided funds, paid vacation & personal time and so much more!

What You Will Do:

• New and existing product validation and application testing

• New and existing product integration engineering and testing

• Manage and resolve product quality issues.

• Project engineering and technical support as required

• Support concurrent engineering efforts by participating in design development projects representing quality assurance and the customer.

• Design and implement methods for process control, process improvement, testing and inspection.

• Assist in develoPpment of Standard Work instructions & Operating procedures, project documentation, and 5S checklists.

• Promote and execute quality standards, inspection processes, test methodology, quality plans, documents and reports.

• Work collectively with supply chain to ensure suppliers meet minimum company quality requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical / Electronics / Computer Engineering

• 10 years of work experience in a sustaining, hardware support or product engineering role.

• 5 years working in an automation or control systems engineer role within a manufacturing or project engineering environment

• Experience working with RTUs, PLCs, and Variable Frequency Drives is a must.

• Knowledge of Serial & TCP communications networks, and analog and digital instrumentation and control.

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

• Advanced Microsoft Office knowledge with ability to learn new computer software programs

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to present to senior management

• Attention to detail with strong organizational skills

Physical Activities

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.

• Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.

• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knees.

• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

• Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

• Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.

• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling.

• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to customer or other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

• Substantial movement (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers to use a computer.

Visual Acuity

• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection), using measurement devices, and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

• The employee is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles.

• The employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

About ChampionX

ChampionX is a global leader in providing chemistry programs and services, drilling technology, artificial lift solutions, and automation technologies for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. Our world-class safety culture fuels our purpose to improve lives through our commitment to deliver sustainable operations.

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

At ChampionX, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every employee can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran. 

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce.  

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.