# Drilling Optimization Specialist

The primary objectives of the Field Engineering (FE) Department within M/D Totco are to provide feedback during the new product development (NPD) cycle, perform quality assessments on products and ensure a sufficient support structure exists before the commercial release. These individuals also serve as a conduit for communicating issues & feedback from Operations to Product and Engineering teams. This helps prioritize sustaining activities against new features on their backlog. This requires an understanding of field operations, customer expectations, the product development process, and both sales and support structures. Some of the key responsibilities are identified below: Coordination of visits to field stores and rigs to maintain relationships and a good understanding of technician capabilities and customer expectations. Actively participate in design reviews and other steps within the NPD cycle, ensuring potential issues are brought to the attention of the design team as soon as possible. Create, review, and regularly revise product technical documentation. Manage software & configuration files associated to MDT products and their components, to create and maintain standardi

- **Id**: 3948006
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nov-drilling-optimization-specialist>
- **Role**: Energy
- **Role family**: Energy
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cedar Park, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-23T13:48:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-23
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T23:10:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 46
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4027
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Petroleum & Mining Engineering, Oil & Gas

## Company

- **Id**: 1814757
- **Name**: NOV
- **Domain**: nov.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nov-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 83
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.59
- **Repost share**: 0.024
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 40
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **Debian** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Linux** — Optional: yes
- **Microsoft Teams** — Optional: yes
- **OPC UA** — Optional: yes
- **Proxmox VE** — Optional: yes
- **SharePoint** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 46

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T23:10:30Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 35
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.785
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 46
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T00:34:53Z

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