Technical Product Solutions Engineer III

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Position: Technical Product Solutions Engineer lll

Division: Innovative Solutions Group

Department: Innovative Solutions Group

Status: Full-Time

Overview: Nomad Global Communications Solutions is a leading provider of communication and response products serving a wide variety of customers. Our purpose is to be the solution when every minute matters. We seek a candidate who is self-inspired to learn and demonstrates a high degree of customer service, technical expertise, systems thinking, and leadership while positively contributing to our team.

The Technical Production Solutions Engineer lll plays a pivotal role in solution development, systems engineering, technical proposal development, engineering coordination, and customer engagement across all Nomad market segments. This role serves as the technical bridge between Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management, and Customers, ensuring customer requirements are transformed into compliant, manufacturable, and executable solutions.

The Technical Production Solutions Engineer lll provides technical leadership during opportunity qualification, solution development, proposal generation, contract review, project handoff, and post-award technical support. This individual is responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary engineering reviews, validating solution architecture, managing technical risks, estimating engineering effort, and ensuring successful transition from sales to execution.

Essential Functions / Responsibilities:

Accountabilities

Technical Accuracy

Accountable for the technical engineering accuracy of all proposals, solution concepts, engineering assumptions, calculations, estimates, and technical deliverables.

Conduct technical reviews of budgetary quotes and formal RFI/RFP/RFQ responses on behalf of:

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Electrical Engineering (EE)

IT Engineering (ITE)

Electrical Systems Engineering (ESE)

Manufacturing Engineering (MFE)

Ensure customer requirements and engineering standards are accurately reflected in all technical proposals and solution designs.

Systems Engineering Leadership

Serve as the systems engineering lead during opportunity development and pre-award activities.

Provide oversight of solution architecture and system integration considerations.

Ensure alignment between customer requirements, engineering standards, manufacturability, project schedules, and budget constraints.

Facilitate coordination across engineering disciplines to deliver integrated solutions.

Compliance & Approval

Ensure technical proposals meet all internal standards, regulatory requirements, industry specifications, and customer requirements.

Identify compliance gaps and technical risks prior to proposal submission.

Product & Systems Knowledge

Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Nomad products, systems, technologies, engineering standards, and construction methodologies.

Maintain expert knowledge of integrated mechanical, electrical, networking, communications, power generation, HVAC, and systems architecture principles.

Strategic Support

Requirements Management

Lead technical engineering requirements reviews during opportunity development.

Analyze Statements of Work, technical specifications, compliance matrices, and contract requirements.

Identify requirement conflicts, ambiguities, technical risks, and compliance gaps.

Develop and maintain requirements traceability documentation, as necessary.

Solution Architecture

Develop conceptual system architectures, block diagrams, and integrated solution concepts.

Evaluate interactions between mechanical, electrical, IT, communications, power, and customer-furnished equipment.

Validate proposed architectures for feasibility, manufacturability, serviceability, and operational effectiveness.

Technical Risk Assessment

Identify technical, integration, manufacturing, deployment, and schedule risks.

Develop mitigation plans and communicate risk impacts to stakeholders.

Participate in technical design reviews and risk management activities.

People

Collaborate effectively with Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Field Service, Supply Chain, and Project Management teams.

Mentor Solution Sales Engineers and other developing technical personnel.

Process & Reporting

Sales Process Support

Educate Sales and customers on Nomad capabilities and validate technical requirements.

Collaborate with Mechanical, Electrical, IT, Systems, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to develop customer solutions.

Participate in customer meetings, site visits, demonstrations, and technical discussions.

Technical Proposal Development

Review all customer RFI/RFQ/RFP documentation and technical requirements.

Identify specification discrepancies, risks, assumptions, and areas requiring clarification.

Develop:

Technical narratives

Compliance matrices

Functional descriptions

Engineering drawings

Weights and balances

HVAC calculations

Power calculations

System diagrams

Provide strategic technical responses that improve proposal quality and competitiveness.

Proposal Governance

Lead multidisciplinary proposal reviews involving Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations stakeholders.

Act as the primary technical reviewer prior to customer proposal submission.

Ensure proposal assumptions, exclusions, technical risks, and engineering requirements are documented and approved.

Engineering Estimating

Develop engineering labor estimates required to execute projects based on customer requirements and project complexity.

Estimate engineering effort associated with:

Mechanical design

Electrical design

IT/network development

Systems integration

Technical documentation

Testing and validation

Customer support activities

Continuously improve estimating methodologies and estimate accuracy.

Contract Review Support

Represent Engineering during customer and internal contract review meetings.

Document engineering concerns, technical risks, customer commitments, assumptions, and action items.

Maintain an Engineering Open Issues Register and drive closure of assigned action items.

Coordinate follow-up activities with Engineering, Project Management, Sales, and Operations teams.

Project Handoff Support

Represent Engineering during internal project handoff meetings to Project Management.

Lead technical transition activities from Sales to Project Execution.

Ensure complete communication of:

Customer engineering requirements

Technical scope

Design assumptions

Proposal deviations

Open issues

Engineering risks

Customer commitments

Support project kickoff meetings and assist with resolution of technical questions during project startup.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

Track proposal activity, technical review metrics, estimating accuracy, and engineering support performance.

Deliver bi-annual reports on:

Engineering standards update

Product improvements

Emerging technologies

Manufacturing enhancements

Department improvement initiatives

Provide routine updates to management regarding technical opportunities, resource needs, risks, and performance metrics.

Basic Knowledge Desired

Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and multidisciplinary system integration.

Ability to interpret and review engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.

Experience with requirements development, requirements traceability, and compliance verification.

Understanding of mechanical, electrical, networking, communications, HVAC, power generation, and integrated vehicle systems.

Ability to develop engineering effort estima