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aperçu de l'emploi
- Exploration and production
- Oil and Gas Services
- Offshore
- Oil sands
- Pipelines
- Post-secondary degree
À propos de cette carrière
Computer Engineers are those behind the sophisticated gadgetry and hardware embedded throughout oil and gas operations. Whether it’s a wellhead tool that receives temperature data and sends it up to the drill rig for geologists to review, a tool receiving vibration data from geophones sent to seismic experts for analysis, or the controller box attached to the pump jack, you are behind an unending number of processes, hardware and software that makes the industry tick.
Computer Engineers research, plan, design, develop, modify, evaluate and integrate computer and information and communication system networks, such as mainframe systems, local and wide area networks, fiber-optic networks, wireless communication networks and other data communications systems. In the oil and gas industry, they may develop complex production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment and marine loading systems.
Computer Engineers interact with technicians, designers and end users through training and project implementation and maintenance phases.
When you start in this occupation activities may include:
- Monitoring equipment and making the necessary modifications to ensure the system operates within specifications
- Testing and verifying hardware and support peripherals to meet specifications and requirements
- Storing, retrieving and manipulating data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements
As you advance in this career, you may take on additional tasks including:
- Directing technicians, engineering designers or other technical support personnel as needed
- Supervising and providing design support during the manufacturing, installation and implementation of computer and telecommunications hardware
- Developing and conducting design verification simulations and prototype bench tests of components
Education:
- A post-secondary degree in computer engineering, electrical or electronics engineering, engineering physics or computer science is typically required.
- A master's or doctoral degree in a related engineering discipline may be required.
Certifications
- Specific health and safety certifications will be determined by job requirements
Licensing
- To obtain a license as a professional engineer (P.Eng) you must obtain a degree from an accredited engineering program, pass a professional practice exam and have three or four years of engineering experience, of which one year must be gained in Canada. You must also have Canadian citizenship or proof of permanent residency in Canada.
- Once licensed, engineers receive a seal to stamp their designs and drawings.
- Unlicensed engineers must work under the supervision of a P. Eng.
You bring strong troubleshooting, knowledge of electronics and even some mechanical expertise, as computer technologies often bridge over into mechanical processes in the field.
- Computers and electronics
- Computer use
- Active listening
- Engineering and technology
- Systems analysis
- Planning and organizing
- Judgment and decision making
- Troubleshooting
- Design
- Critical thinking
- Systems evaluation
- Public administration
- Finance and insurance
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Construction
- Mining and quarrying
- Manufacturing
- Professional, scientific and technical services
Also known as
- Design Engineer
- Engineer
- Field Service Engineer
- Hardware Design Engineer
- Hardware Engineer
- Network Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Senior Hardware Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Systems Integration Engineer
- Telecommunications Hardware Engineer