Also called: Bid Engineer, Applications & Proposal Engineer
Designs the technical solution and writes the proposal when a company bids on a big engineering contract.
A city wants bids for a new water plant. You read the 200-page request, sketch a design, size the pumps, price it, and write the technical sections. If you win, the project could be worth $40 million.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering.
Growing about average.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI drafts proposals and pricing quickly, so fewer proposal writers; designing winning technical solutions stays human.
Classes: English composition, Physics, Business, Speech or debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2199.
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