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Technical Proposal Engineer

Baker Hughes · United States · Posted Aug 07, 2026

Company Baker Hughes Location Ashby de la Zouch, United States Employment type Full-time Posted Aug 07, 2026 Listed via Baker Hughes

Are you passionate about developing innovative technical solutions and building strong customer relationships through engineering excellence?

Would you like the opportunity to combine your technical expertise with commercial awareness while developing a career in sales, tendering, and proposal engineering?

Join Our Team

At Baker Hughes, we are transforming the future of energy. Our Industrial & Energy Technology team delivers innovative solutions that help customers improve performance, reliability, and sustainability. We partner with our customers to provide cutting-edge technologies and services that enable the energy transition and optimize industrial operations.

Fuel Your Passion

As a Technical Proposal Engineer, you will be responsible for developing technical proposals and customer-focused solutions utilizing PRISMIC control systems. You will work closely with commercial, tendering, engineering, and product management teams to understand customer requirements and deliver tailored Power Management System (PMS) solutions that meet operational and commercial objectives. This role is ideal for an engineer looking to develop a career in technical sales, tendering, proposal engineering, and customer solutions.

As a Technical Proposal Engineer, you will:

  • Be serving as the technical focal point throughout the tendering process for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Be developing full lifecycle upgrade, modification, retrofit, and replacement solutions for control systems.
  • Be providing technical support through all stages of the tendering process, from concept development through proposal submission and project handover.
  • Be creating optimal technical solutions that satisfy customer Critical to Quality (CTQ) requirements.
  • Be supporting risk mitigation initiatives, product development activities, lifecycle management, and obsolescence planning.
  • Be producing technical documentation including functional specifications, system architecture diagrams, I/O schedules, equipment lists, and other bid support documentation.
  • Be reviewing customer specifications and providing technical clarifications while identifying opportunities to add customer value.
  • Be identifying and communicating technical, delivery, and quality risks throughout the tendering lifecycle.
  • Be evaluating existing control systems and recommending upgrade, retrofit, or replacement solutions for third-party supplied systems.
  • Be supporting commercial and tendering activities while developing customer-focused technical solutions and contributing to business growth opportunities.

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Have experience developing technical proposals, engineering solutions, or commercial offers within industrial, power generation, energy, or automation environments.
  • Have knowledge of electrical-based control systems, industrial communication networks, cybersecurity principles, and network redundancy architectures.
  • Have the ability to interpret electrical power system designs, generator control systems, switchgear configurations, and technical specifications.
  • Have experience reviewing customer requirements and translating them into practical and commercially viable engineering solutions.
  • Have awareness of commercial considerations, customer requirements, and market-driven product development strategies.
  • Have an interest in developing a career within technical sales, tendering, proposal engineering, and customer solution development.
  • Have excellent communication, stakeholder management, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Have the ability to work effectively with engineering, commercial, project management, and product teams to deliver winning proposals.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way people work and perform at their best varies. In this role

  • you will be working 3 days in a week from office and 2 days home.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our employees are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. We are committed to rewarding those who embrace challenge and innovation. We offer contemporary work-life balance policies and wellness activities, comprehensive private medical care options, safety net programs, and tailored financial programs, along with additional elected or voluntary benefits.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Engineer 1, Automation & Control, Product Design and Engineering

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