Managing Engineer (Ph.D)
Required Skills
Job Description
**About Exponent**
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**Exponent**is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges.
We are committed to engaging multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.
Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team!
**Key statistics:*** 950\+ Consultants
* 640\+ Ph.D.s
* 90\+ Disciplines
* 30\+ Offices globally
**Our Opportunity**
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We are currently seeking a **Managing Engineer** for our **Metallurgical and Corrosion Engineering** Practice in **Houston, TX**. In this role, you will work as part of a team to have a significant role in developing business and expanding the practice in your technical area of expertise.
**You will be responsible for**
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* Identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities
* Significantly increasing Exponent's materials and corrosion engineering consulting efforts, particularly in upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas
* Analyzing a wide variety of safety, performance and reliability issues related to materials and corrosion engineering using field inspections, engineering analysis and experimental testing
**You will have the following skills and qualifications**
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* Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline
* At least 5 – 10 years of related professional experience
* Licensure as a professional engineer (PE or P. Eng) in Metallurgical Engineering or related discipline is required.
* Certification through the American Petroleum Institute’s Individual Certification Programs (e.g., API 580\) is preferred but not required.
* Litigation experience as a testifying expert is preferred but not required.
* Business development experience with a proven track record
* The ideal candidate will be a recognized leader in their field
* Ability to attract projects to support full\-time staff, and to manage and develop a group of highly motivated individualsExcellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work independently or in multidisciplinary teams
* A record of professional papers and presentations, and a proven record of dedication to quality and accuracy
* Presently legally authorized to work in the US, no immigration sponsorship or visa processing required
*Applicants are encouraged to submit a CV with publications (feel free to include publications that are in review or pending) \[not restricted to 1 page].*
**Life @ Exponent**
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To learn more about life at Exponent and our impact, please visit the following links:
https://www.exponent.com/careers/life\-exponent
https://www.exponent.com/company/our\-impact
Attracting, inspiring, developing, and rewarding exceptional people with diverse backgrounds and expertise are central to our corporate culture. Our diverse team allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.
Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well\-being. We believe that providing competitive benefits as well as compensation and recognition programs empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.
**Work Environment**
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At Exponent, we have found that in\-person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development, for realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams, and for building a more inclusive workplace where all have a sense of belonging. In our offices, you can expect a supportive culture and a collaborative, dynamic, multi\-disciplinary work environment. Our consultants engage in\-person in the office unless they are traveling for client work or other business activities.
We value the rich lives our colleagues enjoy outside of work and understand that work/life balance is critical to our employees and their well\-being. Consultants have the autonomy to balance their work and personal schedules so you can meet with clients, visit inspection sites, a
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**Exponent**is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges.
We are committed to engaging multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.
Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team!
**Key statistics:*** 950\+ Consultants
* 640\+ Ph.D.s
* 90\+ Disciplines
* 30\+ Offices globally
**Our Opportunity**
-------------------
We are currently seeking a **Managing Engineer** for our **Metallurgical and Corrosion Engineering** Practice in **Houston, TX**. In this role, you will work as part of a team to have a significant role in developing business and expanding the practice in your technical area of expertise.
**You will be responsible for**
-------------------------------
* Identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities
* Significantly increasing Exponent's materials and corrosion engineering consulting efforts, particularly in upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas
* Analyzing a wide variety of safety, performance and reliability issues related to materials and corrosion engineering using field inspections, engineering analysis and experimental testing
**You will have the following skills and qualifications**
---------------------------------------------------------
* Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline
* At least 5 – 10 years of related professional experience
* Licensure as a professional engineer (PE or P. Eng) in Metallurgical Engineering or related discipline is required.
* Certification through the American Petroleum Institute’s Individual Certification Programs (e.g., API 580\) is preferred but not required.
* Litigation experience as a testifying expert is preferred but not required.
* Business development experience with a proven track record
* The ideal candidate will be a recognized leader in their field
* Ability to attract projects to support full\-time staff, and to manage and develop a group of highly motivated individualsExcellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work independently or in multidisciplinary teams
* A record of professional papers and presentations, and a proven record of dedication to quality and accuracy
* Presently legally authorized to work in the US, no immigration sponsorship or visa processing required
*Applicants are encouraged to submit a CV with publications (feel free to include publications that are in review or pending) \[not restricted to 1 page].*
**Life @ Exponent**
-------------------
To learn more about life at Exponent and our impact, please visit the following links:
https://www.exponent.com/careers/life\-exponent
https://www.exponent.com/company/our\-impact
Attracting, inspiring, developing, and rewarding exceptional people with diverse backgrounds and expertise are central to our corporate culture. Our diverse team allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.
Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well\-being. We believe that providing competitive benefits as well as compensation and recognition programs empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.
**Work Environment**
--------------------
At Exponent, we have found that in\-person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development, for realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams, and for building a more inclusive workplace where all have a sense of belonging. In our offices, you can expect a supportive culture and a collaborative, dynamic, multi\-disciplinary work environment. Our consultants engage in\-person in the office unless they are traveling for client work or other business activities.
We value the rich lives our colleagues enjoy outside of work and understand that work/life balance is critical to our employees and their well\-being. Consultants have the autonomy to balance their work and personal schedules so you can meet with clients, visit inspection sites, a
Posted: 2026-03-19