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As part of the privately held Barry-Wehmiller family, we unite a global team of packaging experts with a clear purpose: People Who Care, Building Solutions that Perform. We take on our customers’ toughest challenges as our own - delivering both innovative and enduring solutions that set the standard for value and performance. Our strength comes from our people and the power of our brands - trusted names in packaging that are known worldwide for engineering excellence, application expertise, and lifetime commitment to customer success. Truly Human Leadership guides our belief that exceptional business results and profound respect for people together provide the foundation of enduring success. We are committed to forging lasting partnerships with our customers, earning their trust through integrity, expertise, and execution. With our full range of packaging solutions and long term partnership and service, we help customers achieve operational excellence today while building the future of packaging together.Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.Job Description:\nBusiness Title: Application Engineer - Automation & Integration\nReports To: Team Lead, Application Engineering\nLocation: BW Packaging Facility\nTravel: Up to 30% - Domestic and International\nPosition Summary\nDefines the technical foundation for automation and integration opportunities across BW Packaging. Translates customer requirements into clear, executable system concepts and layouts that enable accurate estimates, confident proposals, and reliable execution.\nPartners cross functionally to shape front-end technical definition. Drives clarity, feasibility, and alignment to define well-scoped, executable automation and integration solutions.\nKey Responsibilities\nApplications & Concept Development\nTranslate customer specifications and operating requirements into integrated packaging and automation concepts.\nDefine system concepts, layouts, and solution definitions aligned with BW Packaging standards and delivery capabilities.\nEvaluate application fit, system interfaces, and integration considerations across packaging, conveyance, controls, and OEM components.\nLead technical discussions with internal teams and customers to define scope, assumptions, constraints, and tradeoffs.\nLayouts & Technical Definition\nCreate and maintain layout drawings reflecting proposed system configurations and facility constraints.\nIntegrate internally developed and partner-supplied equipment into cohesive, end-to-end system layouts.\nEnsure layouts and technical documentation accurately represent proposed scope, operating intent, and integration boundaries.\nEstimating & Proposal Enablement\nDevelop and validate controls-related estimating inputs, including engineering hours, assembly effort, and material requirements, aligned to the defined technical solution and integration scope.\nEstablish clear technical scope, assumptions, and integration requirements that enable accurate estimates and proposals.\nPartner with Global Supply Chain to ensure accurate definition and alignment of controls component pricing inputs based on approved technical scope.\nCollaborate with Controls & Operations to validate technical assumptions and integration complexity.\nDrive technical clarity within proposal content through precise descriptions, scope definition, and supporting documentation.\nEnsure opportunity and technical scope data remain accurate within approved commercial systems.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nPartner with Sales and Business Development to shape opportunities and guide customer technical discussions.\nCoordinate with internal teams and electrical contractors as needed to support controls-related demo and installation estimating assumptions.\nDefine technical intent and scope during project handoff to Operations to enable execution readiness.\nParticipate in internal reviews, customer design discussions, and project kickoffs as required.\nProcess Discipline & Continuous Improvement\nApply standard workflows, documentation practices, and application definition methodologies.\nIdentify and implement improvements to tools, templates, and data quality within Application Engineering.\nAdvance disciplined and scalable front-end execution practices across automation and integration projects.\nQualifications & Experience\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline required; and 5 - 8 years of industry experience.\nStrong understanding of packaging systems, automation, and integrated solutions.\nExperience developing system concepts and layouts for capital equipment or automation projects.\nWorking knowledge of AutoCAD and standard productivity tools.\nAbility to translate customer requirements into clear, structured technical definition.\nEffective communicator across technical and commercial teams.\nFlexibility to take on evolving responsibilities aligned with strategic priorities and business needs.\nAbility to speak Spanish preferred.\nThe approximate pay range for this position is $110,000 - $125,000 annually. Please note that the pay range is a good faith estimate at the time of posting and may vary based on factors such as experience, skills, and geographic location.\nAt Barry-Wehmiller we recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. We know that our differences often can bring about innovation, excellence and meaningful work-therefore, people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodations during the interview process.\nBarry-Wehmiller is an equal opportunity employer. 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