Associate Instrument Engineer

About the Role

As an Associate Instrument Engineer at Exxon Mobil, you will support the design, application, troubleshooting, and improvement of instrumentation and control systems used in petrochemical, refining, and energy operations. You will work with experienced engineers, operations, maintenance teams, contractors, and vendors to gain hands-on exposure across the full asset lifecycle—from concept design and project execution to commissioning, start-up, operations, maintenance, and continuous improvement. This role is designed to help early-career engineers build a strong professional foundation while contributing to safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations. What You'll Do

• Support instrumentation engineering activities across the asset lifecycle, including design, fabrication, installation, commissioning, start-up, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning.

• Assist in developing instrumentation design specifications and reviewing contractor or vendor technical deliverables.

• Provide technical support during testing, commissioning, start-up, troubleshooting, and operational activities.

• Support equipment reliability through failure analysis, bad actor elimination, maintenance optimization, and operating procedure improvements.

• Apply existing and emerging technologies to improve reliability, availability, maintainability, efficiency, and asset performance.

• Support instrumentation configuration, testing, performance monitoring, Management of Change activities, and technical documentation.

• Participate in risk assessments, incident investigations, reliability programs, equipment strategy reviews, and risk-based maintenance activities.

• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, project teams, contractors, and vendors to deliver safe and effective engineering solutions.

• Share knowledge, learn from experienced professionals, and contribute to continuous improvement across the organization.

• Uphold Safety, Security, Health, and Environmental standards in all engineering and operational work. What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Electrical / Electronic Engineering; Control & Automation Engineering; Instrumentation & Control Systems; or Equivalent engineering discipline.

• 0–5 years of relevant experience in instrumentation, controls, automation, electrical systems, engineering projects, manufacturing, petrochemical, refining, or energy operations.