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We attract and retain the best talent by investing in our employees and empowering them to develop themselves and their careers. Experience the challenges, rewards and opportunity of working for one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the global energy industry.\nAbout Landmark\nLandmark, a Halliburton business line, provides the industry’s most comprehensive suite of digital solutions for exploration, drilling, and production optimization. Its software and data platforms empower customers to model subsurface assets, manage drilling risk, and accelerate decision-making through cloud, AI, and advanced analytics.\nAbout the Role\nThe Senior Well Engineering Modeling & Simulation Technologist does researches, develops and advances engineering models, numerical simulation capabilities, optimization methods, and software-based workflows for well design and drilling applications. The role strengthens Landmark’s technical capacity to support existing products and customer commitments while accelerating the development of next-generation well-engineering technologies.\nWorking across technology, product, software development, and customer-facing teams, the technologist translates engineering theory and research into reliable product capabilities. Initial priorities may include gas migration and well-control modeling for a major customer initiative and the development of AI-enabled automated well-design and optimization workflows. The role creates value by improving model quality, accelerating science-to-product transition, and providing continuity for specialized well-engineering expertise.\nKey Responsibilities\nDevelop advanced well-engineering models, numerical simulation methods, and optimization capabilities for well design, drilling, well control, and related engineering applications.\nTranslate scientific concepts, research findings, and engineering requirements into tested, maintainable, and commercially deployable software capabilities.\nDesign and evaluate automated well-design and optimization workflows, including appropriate use of AI-enabled or agent-based methods alongside established engineering models.\nExecute technical work supporting gas migration and well-control modeling, including model formulation, numerical implementation, sensitivity analysis, and interpretation of results.\nMaintain and enhance core engineering models used in related Landmark well-engineering technologies.\nVerify and validate models and software implementations using engineering calculations, benchmark cases, field or laboratory information when available, and documented acceptance criteria.\nCollaborate with software engineers, product managers, subject-matter experts, and customer-facing teams to define requirements, resolve technical issues, and prioritize product improvements.\nAnalyze customer and product needs and recommend technically sound solutions that balance engineering rigor, usability, performance, maintainability, and delivery requirements.\nIntegrate security, data protection, traceability, and responsible technology considerations into new product and workflow designs in accordance with applicable development practices.\nDocument and communicate model assumptions, governing principles, limitations, test results, and recommended applications to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.\nContribute to technical continuity through knowledge sharing, peer review, mentoring, professional engagement, and participation in relevant industry or scientific communities.\nQualifications\nRequired\nUndergraduate degree in Science, Engineering, or a similar technical discipline.\nMinimum of four years of related experience.\nExperience applying engineering or scientific principles to the development, implementation, or evaluation of technical models, simulations, products, or software-based workflows.\nDemonstrated capability in one or more of the following areas: numerical modeling, engineering simulation, applied mathematics, optimization, scientific computing, engineering software development or AI-assisted engineering workflows. \nAbility to analyze complex technical problems, document assumptions and results, and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary technical teams.\nAbility to work with technology leadership, product teams, software developers, and technical customer stakeholders on projects of moderate scope and complexity.\nPreferred\nMaster’s degree or PhD in Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related discipline.\nExperience in well engineering, drilling engineering, well control, gas migration, tubular design, wellbore mechanics, well integrity, or another closely related domain.\nExperience developing or maintaining scientific software using languages or tools such as Python, C++, C#, Fortran, MATLAB/Mathematica, or comparable numerical-computing technologies.\nExperience with Landmark EDT/DWP application suite or other well-design, drilling-engineering, multiphysics, geomechanics, flow-simulation, or engineering-optimization applications.\nExposure to machine learning, generative AI, agent-based systems, or AI-assisted engineering workflows, particularly where engineering constraints, model validation, and human technical oversight are important.\nWorld Class Benefits\nAt Halliburton, we’re committed to supporting you and your family with a comprehensive and affordable benefits packagethat covers your physical, emotional, financial, and parental needs - now and in the future. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to a wide range of programs designed to help you thrive at work and at home.\nClick here to review a summary of the benefits available once you join.\nCore Competencies\nWell Engineering | Drilling Engineering | Numerical Modeling | Numerical Simulation | Engineering Optimization | Scientific Computing | Engineering Software Development | Model Verification and Validation | Well Control | Gas Migration | Wellbore Mechanics | Tubular Design | StressCheck | Applied Mathematics | Python | C++ | AI-Enabled Engineering | Agentic AI | Physics | C# | Fortran | Research | Hydraulics | Torque and Drag | Well Trajectory | Mathematical modeling | Machine Learning | Fatigue modeling | Corrosion and Erosion | Geothermal | Multiphase flow modeling\nHalliburton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.\nLocation\n3000 N Sam Houston Pkwy E, Houston, Texas, 77032, United States\nJob Details\nRequisition Number: 211435\nExperience Level: Experienced Hire\nJob Family: Engineering/Science/Technology\nProduct Service Line: Landmark Software & Services\nFull Time / Part Time: Full Time\nAdditional Locations for this position:\n Compensation Information\nCompensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7110,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Petroleum & Mining Engineering","Oil & Gas"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-07T14:54:33Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":45,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.81,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":26,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:4","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/halliburton-senior-well-engineering-modeling-simulation-technologist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/halliburton-senior-well-engineering-modeling-simulation-technologist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-09T11:31:46Z","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":13471,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"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":5054},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=5054"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhalliburton-senior-well-engineering-modeling-simulation-technologist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"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%2Fhalliburton-senior-well-engineering-modeling-simulation-technologist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"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%2Fhalliburton-senior-well-engineering-modeling-simulation-technologist"},{"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/halliburton-senior-well-engineering-modeling-simulation-technologist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhalliburton-senior-well-engineering-modeling-simulation-technologist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3920832}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"halliburton.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3920832},"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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