Automation & Integration Applications Engineer

Barry-Wehmiller; Romeoville (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Barry-Wehmiller, BW Packaging, seeks an Application Engineer – Automation & Integration to define automation concepts across packaging systems, translating customer requirements into executable system layouts and estimates.

You will collaborate across teams, create layout drawings, integrate equipment, and drive clear scope and proposals. Travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5 - 8 years of industry experience.
• Strong understanding of packaging systems, automation, and integrated solutions.
• Experience developing system concepts and layouts for capital equipment or automation projects.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and standard productivity tools.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into clear, structured technical definition.
• Effective communicator across technical and commercial teams.
• Flexibility to take on evolving responsibilities aligned with strategic priorities and business needs.
• Ability to speak Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer specifications and operating requirements into integrated packaging and automation concepts.
• Define system concepts, layouts, and solution definitions aligned with BW Packaging standards and delivery capabilities.
• Evaluate application fit, system interfaces, and integration considerations across packaging, conveyance, controls, and OEM components.
• Lead technical discussions with internal teams and customers to define scope, assumptions, constraints, and tradeoffs.
• Create and maintain layout drawings reflecting proposed system configurations and facility constraints.
• Integrate internally developed and partner-supplied equipment into cohesive, end-to-end system layouts.
• Ensure layouts and technical documentation accurately represent proposed scope, operating intent, and integration boundaries.
• Develop and validate controls-related estimating inputs, including engineering hours, assembly effort, and material requirements, aligned to the defined technical solution and integration scope.
• Establish clear technical scope, assumptions, and integration requirements that enable accurate estimates and proposals.
• Partner with Global Supply Chain to ensure accurate definition and alignment of controls component pricing inputs based on approved technical scope.
• Collaborate with Controls & Operations to validate technical assumptions and integration complexity.
• Drive technical clarity within proposal content through precise descriptions, scope definition, and supporting documentation.
• Ensure opportunity and technical scope data remain accurate within approved commercial systems.
• Partner with Sales and Business Development to shape opportunities and guide customer technical discussions.
• Coordinate with internal teams and electrical contractors as needed to support controls-related demo and installation estimating assumptions.
• Define technical intent and scope during project handoff to Operations to enable execution readiness.
• Participate in internal reviews, customer design discussions, and project kickoffs as required.
• Apply standard workflows, documentation practices, and application definition methodologies.
• Identify and implement improvements to tools, templates, and data quality within Application Engineering.
• Advance disciplined and scalable front-end execution practices across automation and integration projects.

Skills

Packaging systems

Automation

System concepts

Communication

Spanish

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Productivity tools

Job description

Barry-Wehmiller, BW Packaging, seeks an Application Engineer – Automation & Integration to define automation concepts across packaging systems, translating customer requirements into executable system layouts and estimates.

You will collaborate across teams, create layout drawings, integrate equipment, and drive clear scope and proposals. Travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.