Application Engineer

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$95,000.00/yr - $/yr

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Join our highly skilled, global team at BBS Automation
—where innovation, precision engineering, and collaboration shape the future of automation.

We represent a legacy built on technical excellence, teamwork, and continuous innovation. Our teams have been part of this journey from the beginning, helping to build the next generation of automation with every solution we design, build, and support.

With over 200 employees across Chicago (Bartlett, IL), Atlanta (Lawrenceville, GA), and Guadalajara, Mexico
, our North American team develops, designs, and manufactures high-performance assembly and testing technology systems for the mobility
, medical technology
, and consumer goods market segments. Our people are our most valuable asset—bringing together diverse skills, cultures, and ideas to solve complex challenges for our customers.

At BBS, we engineer for impact. With more than 60 years of experience and a global footprint across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, we deliver scalable, turnkey automation systems through our One Source model—ensuring consistency, quality, and service anywhere in the world.

We believe in People. Process. Performance. We live by our 2025 mission pillars:
Innovation, Customer Solutions, Market Growth, Sustainability, and People First.

As part of our ALL4

ONE culture, we champion collaboration across teams and regions to ensure every employee plays a meaningful role in our shared success.

• Competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunities for growth in technical, professional, and leadership tracks
• A supportive, team-based environment that values creativity and performance
• Work that has a tangible impact on industries and communities worldwide

Our culture thrives on respect, collaboration, and yes—fun. Whether it's a ping pong tournament
, a chess match
, or showing off your skills at our open mic events
, you’ll find a team that values what you bring—both on and off the production floor.

POSITION: Applications Engineer (Exempt)

DEPARTMENT: Applications Engineering

REPORTS TO: Applications Engineering Manager

TRAVEL: 10%

Objectives:
Performs a wide variety of technical assessments of customers’ and markets’ requirements in support of sales and business development activities, reviews design, performance and overall system requirements with the engineering group; develops and prepares detailed proposals for potential and existing accounts/customers.

• Responsible for conceptual development, preparation of cost model and writing detailed technical proposals for all types of automation equipment and projects.
• Involve key members of engineering management in cost models and conceptual layout in projects where technical complexity is large.
• Assist engineers and other technical staff in the design and development of products, systems, processes and equipment by analyzing technical problems and working closely to customer specifications.
• Involve third‑party vendors and suppliers in the quoting process, where necessary.
• Travel to the customer’s site to assist in project or product development, working with engineering design specifications, objectives and standards.
• Provide sales presentations to customer personnel, when required.
• Obtain and prepare detailed estimates of time, quantities, labor and material costs required for work areas such as product design, testing, machine building, equipment installations and manufacturing processes.
• Assemble and collect all necessary technical information and customer specifications from engineering and sales & marketing to prepare detailed proposals.
• Assist in special projects in support of engineering and sales and marketing.
• Adequately define scope of work in proposals to allow project manager and project team to begin work on system.
• Meet agreed upon goals and…