Hiring: RD&E Group Leader Company: ChampionX Location: Sugar Land, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:54:55 About the job Experience: •Bachelors degree and 7 years experience; OR Masters degree and 4 years experience; OR PhD and 2 years experience •7 years experience; OR Masters degree and 4 years experience; OR PhD and 2 years experience Required Skills: •Provide leadership and technical expertise to the Materials Compatibility team and the Waters, Deposits, and Hydrocarbons Analytical team •Lead the team's technical effort under the guidance of the senior leadership, utilizing experience in fundamental science, oil field problem solving, chemical manufacturing/scale-up support, and project/people management •Ensure each associate performs duties in a safe and efficient manner, maintains quality standards, and continues to grow and develop expertise •Provide materials compatibility and analytical support for internal stakeholders and the company’s customers •Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Technology teams to scope projects and identify needs/gaps to feed future projects •Work closely with team members to help ensure effective and efficient operations •Engage with key stakeholders to forecast sample and project demand to enable effective resource allocation to meet business timelines •Identify opportunities for third-party testing to reduce sample backlogs and expand testing capabilities as needed Qualifications: •Five or more years of relevant experiences in management, technology development and innovation areas. •Requires track record of successful technology development and leveraging of external technology. •Demonstrated capacity to motivate individuals to operate as a part of a high-functioning team •Demonstrated capacity to travel up to 20% •For the Materials Compatibility team, experience with at least one of the following techniques is highly desired: Tensile, Hardness, measurement of corrosion rates, high pressure (2000 psi), high temperature (500 °F) immersion testing, failure analysis, electrochemistry (critical pitting temperature and anodic cyclic polarization). •For the Waters, Deposits, and Hydrocarbons Analytical team, experience with common analytical techniques such as ICP, IC, XRF, XRD, SEM, and GC is highly desired. Compensation: •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, a company-paid pension plan, tuition reimbursement and more! Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!