Scientific Programmer

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 Scientific Programmer to join the Strategic Modeling Technology Department (SMT).

Strategic Modeling Technology Department is developing the next generation parallel reservoir and basin simulator for Saudi Aramco, which aims to handle gigantic hydrocarbon reservoirs with sufficient spatial resolution.

As a Scientific Programmer you will be responsible for assisting developing, extending, enhancing and maintaining reservoir simulator code.

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

• Develop, maintain, and enhance code for portions of the company’s in-house reservoir simulator
• Initiate, and conduct theoretical and practical research in the development of reservoir simulator codes individually or with a team utilizing the latest scientific programming languages. 
• Develop and maintain code for Black Oil and/or Compositional reservoir simulators.
• Generate new ideas and projects, and contribute substantially to existing efforts.
• Mentoring and training young professionals.
• Train and provide technical support for reservoir engineers by using simulator.
• Provide expert training and teach technical in-house courses and workshops/forums.
• Participate in national and international professional conferences.
• Ability to communicate and steer practical research in various international research & development organizations.
• Conduct applied research in the fields of high-performance computing, numerical methods of partial differential equations (PDEs), and hydrocarbon reservoir modeling.

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering discipline. A MSc degree in Engineering, Science is a plus. 
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in oil & gas industry with a special experience in parallel scientific programming. Also, experience with different industries such as Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, Mechanical or Scientific Laboratories is preferred.
• Strong knowledge in one of the following languages: C++, C, FORTRAN.

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.