Senior Production Engineer - AI Validation & Production Optimization
Report to: CTO
Location: Downtown Calgary, In-office
Job Summary
Peloton is seeking a Senior Production Engineer with deep oil & gas operations experience to help validate AI-generated production engineering outputs and support the development of AI-assisted operational workflows.
This role will work closely with software developers, and our clients to ensure AI-generated recommendations align with real-world production engineering practices, field constraints, and operational reliability standards.
The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in production optimization, production surveillance, decline analysis, artificial lift systems, and operational troubleshooting.
Primary Responsibilities
- Work with developers and technical teams to define expected engineering and operational outputs
- Validate AI-generated production optimization recommendations and operational workflows
- Review AI-assisted production forecasts, decline curve analysis, and surveillance outputs
- Ensure recommendations align with field operations, facility constraints, and production engineering best practices
- Apply production engineering expertise to identify operational anomalies, underperforming wells, and optimization opportunities
- Support development of engineering validation criteria and quality control processes for AI-generated outputs
- Evaluate AI-generated root cause analysis and operational recommendations for technical accuracy
- Collaborate with operations and technical teams to improve AI-assisted production workflows and operational reliability
Technical Expertise Required
Production Engineering
- Production surveillance
- Well performance analysis
- Production optimization
- Production forecasting
- Bottleneck identification
- Operational troubleshooting
- Production reporting and data interpretation
Decline Curve & Forecasting Methods
- Arps decline analysis
- Exponential decline
- Harmonic decline
- Hyperbolic decline
- EUR forecasting
- Type curve analysis
- Forecast validation and uncertainty analysis
Artificial Lift & Well Diagnostics
- Gas lift optimization
- ESP performance analysis
- Rod pump diagnostics
- PCP optimization
- Artificial lift troubleshooting
- Well performance diagnostics
Reservoir & Flowing Performance
- Nodal analysis
- IPR/VLP analysis
- Inflow/outflow relationships
- Pressure and temperature trend interpretation
- Water and gas breakthrough analysis
- Flow assurance fundamentals
Operational & Field Knowledge
- Downtime analysis and categorization
- Failure mode analysis
- Facility and surface constraint awareness
- Compression and gathering systems understanding
- SCADA and production data interpretation
- Well test validation and surveillance workflows
Requirements
- 10+ years of production engineering experience in oil & gas operations
- Strong background in production optimization and surveillance
- Experience supporting field operations and production troubleshooting
- Strong understanding of decline analysis, forecasting, and artificial lift systems
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and technical teams
- Strong analytical and operational problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with production data systems and operational reporting tool
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting AI, analytics, or digital transformation initiatives
- Familiarity with AI-assisted operational workflows or engineering validation processes
- Experience reviewing automated production optimization recommendations
Success in This Role
- AI-generated engineering outputs are operationally accurate and production-ready
- Recommendations align with real-world field constraints and engineering standards
- Production optimization workflows become more efficient and scalable
- Engineering teams have confidence in AI-assisted operational recommendations
