Robotics Engineering Intern
Company: National Oilwell Varco
Location: Houston
Posted on: March 20, 2023
Job Description:
JOB SUMMARY
Perform basic level tasks as required to develop good understanding
of company methods, standards, and available resources within a
certain field.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform other work related tasks as assigned.
- Comply with all NOV Company and HSE policies and procedures.
FACILITY/GROUP SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
- Review existing drill floor equipment with a view to
redesigning for use in hands free and/or automated pipe handling
and drilling.
- Conduct research on robotic hardware and software technologies
to create new robotic systems or system capabilities.
- Conduct research into effective, optimized path planning with
advanced collision detection and/collision avoidance
algorithms.
- Participate in initial equipment conceptual ideas and
development, specifications, and control requirements, for hands
free and automated pipe handling and drilling, such as mobile
omni-directional robots.
- Research, assess, and where necessary design software and
hardware systems for electromechanical equipment or systems, and
advanced displays, advanced sensing, robotic platforms, computer
vision.
- Research, assess, and where necessary design software and
hardware systems for robotic applications related to the drilling
industry pipe-handling activities using robotic platforms, open
source or commercial.
- Introduce automated equipment and processes into oil and gas
pipe handling and drilling, training aftermarket personnel to
support after deployment. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS
- Currently in an Engineering Bachelors Degree Program BEHAVIORAL
COMPETENCIES
- Well organized and self-driven
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interact as part of a multidiscipline team with
customers, vendors, and field operational staff to gather
information required for analysis and support
- Effective time management
- Can-do attitude TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
- Introductory e xperience with dynamic system analysis, feedback
control systems (PID Control, MFA)
- Introductory experience with software such as Simulink, R,
MATLAB Machine Learning Toolbox.
- Familiarity with microcontrollers, PLC, sensor technology,
machine vision, 3D sensors and associated
- Familiarity with robotics toolkits like ROS, and interfacing
them to PLCs or other micor controllers.
Keywords: National Oilwell Varco, Houston , Robotics Engineering Intern, Engineering , Houston, Texas
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