Syngas Expert

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 Syngas Expert to join our Research & Development Center (R&DC).

R&DC conducts strategic research, development and demonstration programs in support of Aramco’s drive for innovation.  We are currently pursuing several technology development opportunities in strategic and downstream research.

Your primary role is to support its hydrogen and sustainability programs.  This newly created position will have overall responsibility in bringing the reforming technologies for synthesis gas production from pilot demonstration to pre-commercial scales.

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

• Conduct pre-feasibility and full feasibility studies of reforming processes (steam reforming, gasification, partial oxidation) for hydrogen and hydrogen carrier production.
• Lead research team development activities with suitable collaborators and partners.
• Provide hands-on assistance with the commissioning, operation and maintenance of pilot demonstration and pre-commercial oil-based fuel reforming units.
• Liaise with production and facility planning personnel to ensure that oil-based reforming technology can be deployed in various Aramco assets within the scope of downstream and strategic R&D activities.
• Train junior engineers, while keeping abreast with the engineering and scientific developments of oil-based fuel reforming technologies.

• You must hold a PhD in Chemical Engineering with specialization in hydrocarbon reforming.
• You should have at least 10 years of professional experience, preferably in a design or operational role related to hydrocarbon-based hydrogen production technologies.
• You must be conversant with various reforming technologies, for example catalytic partial oxidation, autothermal reforming, and steam reforming, as well as emerging concepts relevant to synthesis gas and hydrogen production.

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.