{"id":3325239,"url":"https://alion.io/job/baker-hughes-senior-technical-expert-control-valve-engineering","title":"Senior Technical Expert – Control Valve Engineering","company":{"id":1758363,"name":"Baker Hughes","domain":"bakerhughes.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bakerhughes","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":97,"open_postings":69,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.29,"repost_share":0.029,"time_to_fill_p50_days":18,"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Coimbatore, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":12,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-26","last_verified_at":"2026-11-02T00:17:15Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"Senior Technical Expert - Control Valve Engineering\nAre you a highly motivated, creative individual and passionate about Control Valve Application?\nWould you like to be a part of successful team?\nJoin our team!\nThe Control Valve Application Expert serves as the highest-level technical authority for control valve application, sizing, selection, process optimization. This role provides global technical leadership, supports strategic customer opportunities, drives application excellence, and mentors engineering teams while ensuring compliance with industry standards and customer specifications.\nWith over 12+ years of experience, the individual is recognized as a subject matter expert in control valve technologies, severe service applications, process control. The role collaborates closely with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, EPCs, End Users, and Field Services organizations to deliver optimal valve solutions that improve customer performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.\nAs a Control Valve Expert, you will be responsible for:\nApplication Engineering Excellence\nReview and approve critical control valve sizing and selection calculations.\nTroubleshoot challenging customer applications and provide mitigation recommendations.\nValidate compliance with IEC 60534, ISA standards, ASME B16.34, API requirements, PED, SIL, NACE, and customer specifications.\nSupport digital tools, sizing software, configuration platforms, and automation initiatives.\nAct as technical advisor for strategic projects, EPC engagements, and major customer opportunities.\nProvides technical expertise and develops technical solutions (configuration, performance estimation, economics, etc.) as part of the pre-ITO process while interfacing with the commercial team and implement in sizing and selection software’s.\nPossesses a deep understanding of relevant markets and customer economic value that aid winning bid strategies. To include 'ITO': Technical analysis of client needs, Definition and optimization of the products, scope (description), schedule, industrial scheme, cost, considering contract and internal policies and procedures\nMaintaining awareness of competitive control valve technology and application engineering philosophies\nProduct & Technology Engineering\nCollaborate with Product Management and R&D teams to identify emerging application requirements.\nDrive innovation in control valve technology, severe service solutions, smart instrumentation, and sustainability initiatives.\nLead lessons-learned and field feedback integration into product improvements.\nTechnical Leadership\nServe as the global technical authority for control valve applications across process industries including Oil & Gas, LNG, Power, Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Hydrogen, and Industrial Processes. Lead complex application reviews involving severe service conditions such as high-pressure drops, flashing, cavitation, erosion, noise, and multiphase flow.\nProvide technical guidance on valve sizing, actuator sizing, trim selection, materials selection, and control strategies.\nDevelop and maintain application engineering standards, best practices, and design guidelines.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or related field.\nMaster's Degree preferred.\nMinimum 12+ years of experience in Control Valve Application Engineering, Product Engineering, Process Engineering, or Valve Technology.\nDemonstrated expertise in severe service and critical control applications.\nStrong understanding of process control systems and plant operations.\nTechnical Expertise\nControl valve sizing per IEC 60534 / ISA standards.\nCavitation, flashing, erosion, and noise prediction.\nSevere service trim technologies.\nPressure management and process control.\nActuator sizing and selection.\nMaterials engineering and corrosion management.\nASME B16.34, API, NACE, PED, SIL, IEC, ISA standards.\nPreferred Industry Experience\nControl Valve OEMs\nEPC organizations\nOil & Gas operators\nLNG facilities\nPower generation plants\nPetrochemical and refinery operations\nFuel your passion!\nTo be successful in this role you will have:\nBachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, or related field. \nMaster's Degree preferred. \nMinimum 12+ years of experience in Control Valve Engineering. \nDemonstrated expertise in severe service and critical control applications. \nStrong understanding of process control systems and plant operations. \nWork in a way that works for you\nWe recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too.\nWorking flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.\nWorking with us\nOur 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.\nWorking for you\nOur inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect.\nContemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities\nComprehensive private medical care options\nSafety net of life insurance and disability programs\nTailored financial programs\nAdditional elected or voluntary benefits.\nThe Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Senior Engineer, Mechanical, Engineering Operations and Transformation","description_format":"text","description_chars":5868,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Petroleum & Mining Engineering","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T09:43:41Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.901,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/baker-hughes-senior-technical-expert-control-valve-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/baker-hughes-senior-technical-expert-control-valve-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T02:22:18Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3532,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1758363},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1758363"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbaker-hughes-senior-technical-expert-control-valve-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbaker-hughes-senior-technical-expert-control-valve-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbaker-hughes-senior-technical-expert-control-valve-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/baker-hughes-senior-technical-expert-control-valve-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbaker-hughes-senior-technical-expert-control-valve-engineering"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3325239}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"bakerhughes.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3325239},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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