Drilling SME/Quality Assurance

Post Date

Sep 29, 2025

Location

Houston,
Texas

ZIP/Postal Code

77032
US
Dec 01, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Perm

Category

QA

Req #

HOU-cb61a07f-362f-44ea-86d3-3a43d7736766

Pay Rate

$120k - $150k (estimate)

Job Description

A client in the Houston area is looking for a Drilling Engineer QA specialist to join their team. The ideal candidate will be someone with an expertise in the drilling domain with a knowledge of software user testing. This individual will be testing a proprietary drilling modeling application; they will be testing the functionally of the application assuring what is showing to the user's eye is built correctly to the plans set forth in the field and working with development teams to correct if there are errors. The ideal candidate will need to be familiar with manual testing. Lastly, this person will need to have excellent communication to be able to speak with engineers in the field and team members offshore. This position will be onsite 5 days/week and will have an annual salary of $120K-$150K/year.

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Required Skills & Experience

5+ years of experience in planning software and operations software in the drilling space
Drilling Subject Matter Expert
Complete EDT experience (Well plan, Compass Landmark software)
BHA design experience
Drilling Tool Expert
Work with Subject Matter Experts to identify and define end user and testing workflows

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Halliburton Advanced BHA Design certification

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.