DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a talented Product Engineer to join our team specializing in Engineering for our location in Rocky Mount, NC.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Data-Driven Decision Making: By applying principles of statistical methods, you will analyze technical data to make rigorous, data-based decisions, ensuring the reliability and accuracy of your conclusions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Your ability to integrate design requirements from various stakeholders into virtual designs and communicate these effectively will enhance cross-functional collaboration and ensure that all voices are heard.
• Innovative Control Systems: Specifying and configuring open/closed loop controls will allow you to design systems that interact seamlessly with mechanical, hydraulic, chemical, and electronic components, improving overall system performance.
• Robust Mechanical Designs: Your in-depth understanding of mechanical systems will enable you to create innovative and sound design concepts that meet both Cummins and customer expectations, ensuring robust performance across all lifecycle stages.
• Effective Change Management: By establishing and maintaining the integrity of product artifact baselines, you will effectively manage product configurations and changes, ensuring that all modifications are tracked and communicated clearly.
• Product Development Excellence: Your ability to plan, schedule, and execute product development activities while monitoring and communicating across functional boundaries will ensure that projects meet resource and quality expectations.
• Failure Mode Avoidance: Identifying and mitigating potential product failure modes will improve the reliability of Cummins' products, ensuring that they meet high standards of performance and durability.
• Comprehensive System Integration: By managing product interfaces and integrating system elements, you will ensure that all components work together harmoniously, making it easier to diagnose and correct issues, ultimately leading to a more reliable and efficient product.

• Problem-Solving Skills: Investigate product problems, understand causal mechanisms, and recommend appropriate actions using tools like 7-step problem solving and design review checklists.
• Technical Process Execution: Execute technical processes such as Engineering Standard Work (ESW), iDFMEA, and participate in Failure Incident Review Group (FIRG) to ensure high-quality decision making.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Obtain input from stakeholders, including technical managers, project leaders, and supplier partners, to deliver information and recommendations that lead to quality product decisions.
• Decision-Making Ability: Apply academic knowledge and existing experience to make decisions that progress projects forward without sacrificing quality, handling day-to-day project details and coordination across disciplines.
• Ownership of Problem Resolution: Own the resolution of moderately complex problems for components, products, systems, or subsystems, with increasing technical complexity and ambiguity as you gain experience.
• Independent Execution: Provide independent execution of established work processes and systems while continuing to develop your technology or product knowledge and engaging in the improvement of systems and processes.
• Team Contribution and Coordination: Contribute effectively toward team goals, exhibit influence within your work group, and coordinate work among technicians and temporary student employees as needed.
• Continuous Learning and Development: Continue to develop proficiency in critical competency areas, actively seek new ways to grow, and be open to guidance from more experienced team members to enhance your skills and knowledge.

• 2+ years professional experience in a product validation, project management, quality, or product design role
• Investigate product problems, understand causal mechanisms, recommend appropriate action, own problem resolution and documents results with guidance from more experienced team members.
• Projects will look to resolve Product Quality and Design issues as well as resolve part continuity issues that plague sourcing and the plant
• Affected area of work will include componentry on Current Product Midrange (4-9L) Deisel, Natural Gas, and Gasoline products.
• Role will require engagement with Quality, Sourcing, Suppliers, Plant cross functional groups, and Customers
• Focus will include working in business processes of executing technical processes such as Engineering Standard Work (ESW) and iDFMEA, while using tools such as 7-step problem solving, design review checklist and other specialized tools required to support the processes and enable high quality decision making.
• Obtain input from stakeholders such as technical managers, project leaders, other product and manufacturing engineers and supplier partners to deliver information and recommendations that lead to quality product decisions. A candidate will apply academic knowledge and existing experience to take action and make decisions that progress projects forward without sacrificing project quality expectations.
• Examples of these decisions include day to day project details, analysis or test work instruction details, coordination across discipline areas that are necessary to make quality progress.
• Provide independent execution of established work processes and systems, while still developing technology or product knowledge; engages with the improvement of systems and processes.
• Validation will require Cummins simulation tools as well as on engine experimental testing
• Component responsibility extends to Service and will require parts analysis for customer returnsas well as potential service literature updates