SOUFIANE HALILY
* ******* **** ***** *******, TX, USA
281-***-**** acw230@r.postjobfree.com
SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Innovation driven engineer with 5+ years of industry experience in oil & gas and aerospace, specializing in electro- mechanical design, electro-hydraulic design, system integration and validation. With three masters’ degrees, has strong multi-disciplinary background in mechanical design, fluid dynamics and heat transfer. CORE COMPETENCIES
Mechanical Engineering Electro-Mechanical Systems Hydraulic Systems System Integration & Validation CAD Sensing Technology Heat Transfer Modelling & Simulation (CFD, FEA) Project Management Project Lifecycle EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
SCHLUMBERGER 2011 – PRESENT
LEAD MECHANICAL ENGINEER, INTEGRATED COMPLETION, USA OCT 2015 - PRESENT
In charge of engineering the industry’s first integrated downhole system with active flow control, sand control & sensing technologies. Designed electro-mechanical flow control valve, sensing module and packaged electronics.
Manage and direct engineering team (5 people); Drive team’s progress to coordinate with various groups and department managers to deliver project according to concurrent product lifecycle management
Develop project’s business case, concepts generation, feasibility study and system design.
Produce detailed parts and assembly drawings and documentations to be used at manufacturing phase.
Invent & produce IP of innovative electro-mechanical choking system, achieving seals against flow rates 500% higher than current solutions.
Demonstrated expertise in mechanical design, system integration, FEA-CFD, design for manufacturing and project management.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER, FLOW CONTROL TECHNOLOGY GROUP, USA JAN 2015 – OCT 2015
In charge of developing the technology building blocks for Schlumberger’s flow control systems (Solenoids, Actuators, Sensors). Designed, produced drawings and manufactured engineering prototypes.
Enabled a new generation of electro-hydraulic circuits by designing a low power/high pressure solenoid valve.
Collaborated with a vendor to develop a low power piezo actuator to be driven with lower cost electronics.
Designed & generated IP of innovative hydraulic circuits for chemical injection and advanced flow control systems.
Provided supervision on existing systems and installations. SYSTEM & INTEGRATION ENGINEER, INTELLIGENT COMPLETION, USA, IRELAND, SAUDI ARABIA JAN 2014 – JAN 2015
Designed advanced downhole electro-hydro-mechanical system, Drive validation and integration effort to success.
Managed the efforts of six multi-disciplinary engineering teams in five countries.
Lead onsite deployment of Schlumberger’s first Electro-Hydraulic Intelligent completion system in Saudi Arabia.
In charge of field coordination and troubleshooting between Engineering and Operations to assure successful field trials.
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER, RESERVOIR MONITORING & CONTROL, USA MAY 2012 – JAN 2014
Developed mechanical designs and implemented cost-effective solutions to customer problems; worked with core engineering groups to gain consensus on product architecture issues and design details.
Designed, produced drawings and qualified Schlumberger’s high end reservoir monitoring downhole tools.
Overcame technical challenges related to mechanical design, flow optimization, erosion, micro-hydraulics, sealing and position detection.
Shorten time to market by leveraging simulation. Created a physics based flow characterization tool to accelerate customized valve design.
CFD & HEAT TRANSFER ENGINEER – INTERN, PERFORATION RESEARCH GROUP, USA MAY 2011 – DEC 2011
Developed a physics based tool predicting the perforation wave propagation using multiphase CFD, theory and empirical data.
Minimizing collateral tool damage during detonation by defining new best practices and redesigning perforation guns based on heat transfer analysis and flow paths prediction. SOUFIANE HALILY Resume, Page 2
SIEMENS 2010 – 2010
HYDRAULICS ENGINEER – INTERN, HYDRAULICS GROUP, FRANCE MAY 2010 – OCT 2010
Cost optimization of Airbus’s hydro-mechanical circuit using AMESim multi-physics.
Completed a failure analysis of an Airbus swash plate pump. Identified safe working parameters using simulation. AIRBUS 2009 – 2009
RELIABILITY ENGINEER – INTERN, AUTO-PILOT GROUP, FRANCE JUNE 2009 – SEPT 2009
Developed a database tool, prioritizing and linking auto-pilot incidents to their root cause and correction plan. EDUCATION
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2012 Research Master in Energy & Heat Transfer, National Polytechnic Institute, Toulouse, France, 2011 Master of Engineering, Fluid Mechanics Engineering, ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France, 2011 TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Pro-E
Solidworks
Matlab
Simulink
ANSYS Workbench
Abaqus Fluent
AMESim
Comsol
IcemCFD
Thermoptim
Labview
C++
Fortran
FMEA
SCAT & Apollo RCA
GD&T
FEA
CFD
AWARDS & CITATIONS
SLB Innovation Award – Designing an innovation space to boost the engineering center’s creative culture - 2016 Best Advance Project Award – Developed an innovative high functionality electro-hydraulic control module – 2015 Excellent in Execution – Successfully deployed Schlumberger’s first electro-hydraulic intelligent completion system–2015 Excellent in Execution Award – Successful planning and executing of $500K intelligent completion integration test - 2014 SLB Innovation Award – Bi-stable solenoid concept validation – 2014 SLB Innovation Award – Downhole piezo pump concept validation – 2013 PATENTS
Soufiane Halily, David Biddick – Method to choke and seal against high flow rate – March 2016 Soufiane Halily, Jerome Prost, Henry Phan – Self-cleaning downhole filter – January 2016 Soufiane Halily, Jerome Prost – Integrated chemical injection and flow control valve control modules – November 2015 PUBLICATIONS
Article published in SLB’s global mechanical newsletter - Bi-Stable electro-hydraulic module concept validation Presentation at Eureka conference – Hybrid model for customized flow control valve design Presentation at Eureka conference – A new method to produce components with super surface integrity using machining Presentation at Eureka conference – Hoshin - Leveraging modeling, save money and time LANGUAGES
English (Fluent) French (Fluent) Arabic (Fluent) INTERESTS
Volunteering: Teaching Math, French & Arabic at Teach for America National parks & motorcycle road trips enthusiast