Global Formation Testing & Sampling - Senior Principal

Senior Principal Engineer

Do you have a passion for technical leadership and innovation?

Are you ready to drive cutting-edge solutions in formation testing and sampling?

Our team is committed to delivering advanced technology and ensuring operational excellence across global projects. This role demands deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to mentor and influence across multiple disciplines.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Principal Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping product design and service delivery strategies. You’ll act as a multi-disciplinary expert, ensuring systems engineering practices are applied rigorously and competency development is championed across the organization.

As a Senior Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for:

- Driving formation testing & sampling (FTS) solutions and answer products during new technology development within Houston and Celle Technology Centers.

- Designing, revising, and updating formation testing and sampling training curriculum in the CMS competency management system.

- Serving as domain champion for competency assessment across FTS reservoir engineers and geoscientists in both Eastern and Western hemispheres.

- Coordinating reservoir engineering expertise and FTS skills across wireline and drilling services, ensuring rigor in pre-job design, real-time monitoring, and post-acquisition interpretation.

- Ensuring personnel skills and geoscience expertise are in place for Reservoir Engineering and FTS disciplines across Well Construction (WC) and Completions, Intervention, and Measurements (CIM) organizations.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role, you should:

- Hold advanced technical qualifications in engineering or geoscience.

- Demonstrate recognized expertise across multiple products, departments, and disciplines.

- Possess strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.

- Have proven experience in systems engineering practices and competency development.

- Exhibit excellent communication skills at all organizational levels.

Work in a way that works for you

This position involves working in a collaborative, high-impact environment where technical excellence and innovation are top priorities.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We invest in training and development to help you perform at your best and grow your career.

Working for you

We value your contribution and offer competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a chance to build a rewarding career.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

About Us:

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Join Us:

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.