Subsea Controls Engineer

About the role

Chevron ENGINE, the Engineering and Innovation Excellence Center in Bengaluru, India, is hiring a Subsea Controls Engineer for its Subsea team. The role provides engineering support, remotely, for the long-term management of subsea controls system equipment (manifolds, trees, instrumentation, flowmeters, SCMs, chokes, HPUs, EPUs, CDUs, communications and distribution systems) used in subsea production systems. It works closely with the Subsea and Operations teams and focuses on electro/hydraulic controls, instrumentation, automation, project management, hazard evaluation, reliability assessment, system performance monitoring, regulatory compliance and minimizing operating downtime.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate daily with the asset Controls engineer on priorities and delivery expectations.
• Monitor subsea control systems, troubleshoot errors and failures, and assess instrument data for equipment health.
• Coordinate and manage subsea vendor scopes for maintenance, repair and refurbishment.
• Interface with offshore operations staff when needed, and resolve technical issues across all aspects of subsea equipment.
• Support installation and commissioning of new equipment and obtain as-built documentation.
• Maintain subsea controls documentation such as procedures, risk assessments and anomaly lists.
• Remotely validate alarms, hydraulic consumption, pressure behaviour, communication stability and instrument health before escalation, and support abnormal event response by comparing current behaviour with historical trends.
• Prepare, review and maintain risk assessments, task plans (HIRAs) and operating procedures for remote troubleshooting.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mechanical, subsea, ocean or electrical/instrumentation engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of relevant industry experience in subsea operations, including installation, system performance, subsea production systems and asset integrity.
• Preferred: background in automation systems, system integration, offshore field development projects, commissioning and brownfield modifications.

Required skills

• SEEQ, PI Vision and Microsoft Excel for data analysis.
• Hydraulic and electro-hydraulic control systems, SCADA, PLC, DCS, industrial networks or subsea communication systems.
• Reliability engineering, root cause failure analysis and risk-based decision making.
• Communications protocols (OPC UA, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, serial) and industrial automation systems.

What we offer

• Opportunities to take part in world-leading energy projects and grow through structured learning and mentorship.
• A workplace focused on innovation, collaboration and safety, with digital tools for collaboration.
• Comprehensive benefits supporting health, well-being and work-life balance.