R&D System Engineer

R&D System Engineer

Do you enjoy driving system-level engineering decisions that improve image quality, product reliability, and user experience across complex industrial inspection solutions?

Would you like to collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines to develop, integrate, and validate innovative inspection technologies throughout the product lifecycle?

Join our team!

Baker Hughes stands as a leading global energy technology company, delivering innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient across the entire value chain. Operating in more than 120 countries, the company blends deep industrial expertise with advanced engineering and digital technologies to support energy production, transformation, and decarbonization. With over a century of heritage, Baker Hughes partners with customers in oil and gas, industrial sectors, and emerging energy markets to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future.

Partner with the best

As an R&D System Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring image quality, system reliability, and usability across a wide range of industrial inspection applications. You will collaborate across engineering disciplines, support NPI programs, and drive system‑level decision‑making throughout the product lifecycle.

As an R&D System Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Defining and managing system requirements by:
• Developing system and subsystem requirements with full traceability
• Refining system architecture across optical, electrical, mechanical, and software domains
• Conducting system‑level trade studies balancing performance, cost, and manufacturability
• Leading system integration & troubleshooting by:
• Integrating hardware and software components including imaging pipelines and illumination systems
• Debugging electromechanical behavior such as articulation mechanisms
• Managing technical risks related to imaging, illumination, durability, and reliability
• Driving verification & validation (V&V) by:
• Executing image quality validation (resolution, noise, lighting performance)
• Conducting reliability testing for harsh industrial environments
• Analyzing and presenting system performance data
• Supporting cross‑functional engineering & NPI by:
• Collaborating with EE, ME, Software, Optical, and Manufacturing teams
• Supporting NPI programs from concept through release
• Providing subsystem‑level technical leadership and mentoring junior engineers
• Driving DFMEA and risk reduction activities

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering
• Have 5–10 years of experience in product development or system integration
• Have experience with complex electromechanical systems
• Have strong understanding of requirements definition, system integration, and V&V methodologies
• Have experience working in cross‑functional engineering teams
• Have strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills

Desired Characteristics

• Have experience with imaging or optical systems
• Have familiarity with embedded systems or video/data processing pipelines
• Have experience with ruggedized or industrial products
• Have hands‑on debugging across hardware/software boundaries
• Have experience working where image acquisition, processing, and UI are tightly coupled
• Have familiarity with requirements management tools
• Have strong system‑level thinking and ability to drive technical tradeoffs

Typical Scope / Impact

You will own subsystem‑level architecture and integration outcomes, resolve cross‑disciplinary issues, and directly influence image quality, product reliability, and user experience. You will operate across the full product lifecycle—from concept through design, integration, validation, and release.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours – flexing the times when you work during the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are most productive.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

•              Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities

•              Comprehensive private medical care options

•              Safety net of life insurance and disability programs

•              Tailored financial programs

•              Additional elected or voluntary benefits

This position requires current work authorization in the country of employment. The employer is unable to provide or continue work authorization sponsorship for this role.

The annual pay scale for this position is between $101,530.00 - $188,470.00.

Candidates for this role (office-based/ hybrid/ remote) must be located in or near the locations displayed above. The pay range/scale displayed above represents Baker Hughes’ good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum for this position at the time of this posting and applies to the possible locations for this position. Baker Hughes will issue a non-bias competitive offer; the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hires, full-time salaries in some U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. Where an applicant will ultimately fall within the pay range/scale depends on a variety of factors, including, for example, geographic work location, skillset, qualifications, internal pay alignment, level of experience, and demonstrated performance over time. Please keep in mind that the range stated above is the full base salary range for the role and does not include other forms of compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the pay range for this position during the hiring process.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

 

 

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Engineering Senior Specialist - R&D Systems Engineering