Bid System Engineer (M/F)

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At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

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Your tasks

Within our ACCESS business unit, we are recruiting a Bid System Engineer (M/F) to lead the technical definition of automatic access systems (doors and steps) and the estimation of complex solutions for our clients in France and internationally.

As a true partner to the sales department during the pre-sales phase, you will be the guarantor of the technical consistency of bids, the evaluation of engineering costs, and the construction of competitive solutions that meet customer expectations.

Reporting to the System Engineering department, you will intervene exclusively during the bid phase, from the launch of the tender until its award or closure.

In this role, you will

• Work in close collaboration with sales teams and internal stakeholders.
• Analyze customer needs and technical requirements.
• Develop technical solutions that meet specifications.
• Build engineering quotes by defining hour budgets and estimated costs required for product design and validation.
• Prepare and consolidate technical deliverables associated with tender responses.
• Use company standards, methods, and tools dedicated to the bidding phases.
• Have your deliverables validated by the competent managers.
• Coordinate the contributions of various business experts necessary for building the bid.
• Capitalize on feedback from completed projects to continuously improve technical proposals.
• Contribute to the deployment of engineering methods and tools defined by the organization.

Requirements

Education and Experience

• Master's degree (Bac+5) in general engineering, with a focus on mechanical, electrical, or systems.
• Recommended experience of at least 2 years in high technical integration environments:
• automation,
• mechatronics,
• special purpose machinery,
• robotics,
• complex systems.

Technical Skills

• Knowledge in integrated systems design:
• mechanics,
• industrial technologies,
• finite element analysis,
• actuators,
• sensors,
• electrical systems.
• Knowledge of automation (software, hardware, regulation).
• Mastery of design and development processes:
• Project milestones,
• Validation,
• Requirements management.
• Ability to develop and defend technical solutions to customers and internal teams.
• Management of customer requirements and clause-by-clause analysis.

Languages

• Fluent English is imperative for exchanges with international customers.
• German level C1 is appreciated, constituting a real asset in the context of developing our European activities.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Writing skills and rigor.
• Analytical and synthesis skills.
• Technical curiosity and a taste for multidisciplinary environments.
• Proactive in making proposals.
• Ability to unite stakeholders with varied expertise.
• Ability to make reasoned technical trade-offs.

Other

Work Environment

• Regular interfaces with sales, project, purchasing, methods, quality, and production teams.
• Direct relations with national and international customers.
• Occasional travel in France and abroad depending on commercial opportunities and bid needs.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.