Senior Lifecycle Analysis Scientist

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity 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.

We are seeking a Senior Lifecycle Analysis Scientist to join our Technology Strategy & Planning Department (TS&PD).

TS&PD provides critical and timely information and develop execution strategies to align Company projects with value driven deployments in high impact areas which offer the Company a significant, distinctive and sustainable competitive advantage in its core businesses. TS&PD also assures the intellectual property protection and management are coordinated with the ultimate objective of the technology strategy.

Your primary role will be to develop energy systems models, conducting climate change impact assessments, and providing critical insights to inform our corporate decisions.

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

• Build energy systems models and conduct life cycle analysis (LCA) of various petroleum, natural gas, hydrogen, power and e-fuel supply chains/pathways.
• Participate in collaborative research with universities and research institutions for increased intellectual property opportunities and future business advancement of Aramco.
• Maintain existing and develop new engineering-based models, tools and simulation software (using Matlab, Python, VB Excel, R) for energy system modeling and data processing, analysis, interpretation, and visualization.

• As the successful candidate you will hold a Bachelor’s degree. A PhD in Science, Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics is preferred.
• You will have a minimum of 7 years’ experience in an industrial or technological environment relevant to the energy sector.
• You will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of LCA methodologies and environmental policies and regulations in major markets worldwide (e.g., E.U., China, U.S.) or specific legislative bodies (e.g., ICAO, IMO).

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.