Reservoir Simulation Developer - Relocate to Saudi Arabia, Permanent Expat Family Relocation Package

Title: Reservoir Simulation Developer

Job Req ID: 15087

Description:

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Reservoir Simulation Developer to join the Strategic Modeling Technology Department (SMT).

Strategic Modeling Technology Department is developing the next generation parallel reservoir and basin simulator for Saudi Aramco, which aims to handle hydrocarbon reservoirs with sufficient spatial resolution.

As Reservoir Simulation Developer you will be responsible for developing, extending, enhancing and maintaining reservoir simulator code. Also, conduct applied research in the fields of high-performance computing, numerical methods of partial differential equations (PDEs), and hydrocarbon reservoir modeling.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Develop, maintain, and enhance code for portions of the company’s in-house reservoir simulator
• Initiate, and conduct theoretical and practical research in the development of reservoir simulator codes individually or with a team utilizing the latest scientific programming languages.
• Develop and maintain code for Black Oil and/or Compositional reservoir simulators.
• Generate new ideas and projects, and contribute substantially to existing efforts.
• Mentoring and training young professionals.
• Train and provide technical support for reservoir engineers by using simulator.
• Provide expert training and teach technical in-house courses and workshops/forums.
• Participate in national and international professional conferences.
• Ability to communicate and steer practical research in various international research & development organizations.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering discipline.
• PhD or a MSc degree in Engineering, Science or Computational mathematics is a plus.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in oil & gas industry with a special experience in parallel scientific programming.
• Experience with different industries such as Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, Mechanical or Scientific Laboratories is preferred.
• Strong knowledge in one of the following languages: C++, C, FORTRAN.