The opportunity to work in a high-performing international company where your ideas and initiatives are valued;
Challenging and innovative projects within a young, collaborative, and informal work environment;
Above-market benefits, including:
Savings Fund
Grocery Vouchers
Major Medical Insurance
Life Insurance
Flexible Time Bank
Travel Expenses Coverage
Excellent career development opportunities and support for both personal and professional growth.
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Design Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Automation, or a related technical field;
3 to 5 years of experience in a similar role within manufacturing or automation environments, supported by a solid engineering background in automation, machinery, or industrial projects;
Strong commercial mindset with a customer-oriented approach, combined with technical-commercial insight and creative thinking;
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high sense of ownership and accountability;
Advanced English communication skills (written and spoken) and willingness to travel when required.
At AWL, we are a system integrator providing advanced automation, robotization, and joining technology solutions. We help customers around the world improve their production processes through smart, high-end automation systems. With offices in the Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, Mexico, and the United States, we serve customers in the automotive, logistics, and general industry sectors worldwide.
As our business continues to grow, we are looking for a talented Proposal Engineer to join our team in Querétaro, Mexico.
Your role
As a Proposal Engineer, you will play a key role at the beginning of the sales process by transforming customer needs into winning machine concepts and technical proposals. You will combine your engineering expertise with commercial awareness to develop innovative, feasible, and competitive automation solutions.
Working closely with Sales, Project Management, and Cost Engineering teams, you will ensure that customer requirements are accurately translated into functional machine concepts, project specifications, cycle times, and cost-effective solutions. You will also present and defend your concepts to customers around the world and ensure a smooth handover of awarded projects to the execution team.
Key Responsibilities
Develop realistic and competitive machine concepts to support customer proposals and quotations.
Translate customer requirements into functional machine concepts, technical specifications, cycle times, and project scopes.
Evaluate technical feasibility, risks, requirements, budgets, quality standards, and safety considerations.
Collaborate closely with Sales, Project Management, and Cost Engineering teams throughout the proposal process.
Create machine concepts and layouts using PowerPoint and SolidWorks.
Present and explain technical concepts to customers in a professional and convincing manner.
Support technical discussions with customers during the quotation phase.
Ensure a smooth and accurate transfer of awarded projects to the Project Management team.
Your application
Great that you’ve applied! We’ll review your application carefully and get back to you within a week.
First interview
You’ll meet with a recruiter and/or hiring manager to discuss your experience, motivation, and the role.
The next interview
A deeper conversation with the team about the (technical) aspects of the role and how you would collaborate day to day.
The assessment
Depending on the role, we may include a practical or skills assessment.
The offer
When it’s a match, we’ll share an offer and walk you through next steps to join AWL.
