Electrical and Controls System Integration Leader

Cummins • Fridley, MN

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About The Position

The Electrical and Controls System Integration Leader is the accountable technical leader for electrical and controls systems integration within Cummins’ Data Center business. The role leads technical capability development, system integration strategies, and engineering standards to deliver reliable, scalable power solutions for current and future data center applications. It provides technical and people leadership across engineering functions, regional teams, customers, suppliers, and technology partners to resolve complex integration challenges and support successful project execution.

The position shapes Cummins’ long-term electrical technology roadmap by translating customer needs, industry trends, evolving AI/HPC infrastructure, grid requirements, and emerging power architectures into engineering capabilities and product priorities. It also develops external technical leadership and partnerships, representing Cummins in customer engagements and industry forums.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or an appropriate STEM field, or equivalent, is required.
• Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering, product integration, and technical leadership in complex power generation or electrical power system environments.
• Demonstrated success in a Technical Specialist/Specialist Engineering role on lower-complexity product development activities, translating customer needs and negotiations into product development plans, technical profiles, or product specifications, with a track record of successful product decisions.
• Strong understanding of verification and validation, system requirements development, failure mode avoidance, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, and make sound engineering decisions in ambiguous situations.
• Ability to translate customer, business, and technical requirements into practical solutions balancing performance, reliability, and project objectives.
• Exceptional communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills, including the ability to develop talent and organizational capability.
• Strong understanding of genset products and working knowledge of BESS and emerging power technologies and their integration into current and future data center power architectures.
• Seven or more years of relevant experience is sought, though candidates with a strong combination of skills, capabilities, and demonstrated achievements may be considered.
• The position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Nice To Haves

• A relevant post-graduate (Master’s) degree may be required for select roles.
• Working knowledge of BESS and emerging power technologies and their integration within data center power architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Electrical & Controls Systems Integration team for the Data Center business, including people leadership, technical direction, resource prioritization, coaching, competency development, and succession planning.
• Establish the technical strategy, governance, and capability roadmap for data center electrical systems integration.
• Provide technical leadership across electrical power systems, including electrical architecture, controls integration, synchronization and paralleling, dynamic load behavior, grid interaction, protection, and critical electrical system interfaces.
• Lead system-level electrical integration for complex data center applications, coordinating technical decisions across engineering functions, regional teams, service engineering, analysis teams, packagers, suppliers, and other organizations.
• Lead technical engagement for complex and strategic customer applications, including architecture discussions, design reviews, integration workshops, and resolution of significant electrical and controls challenges.
• Direct and coordinate power-system analysis with specialist simulation teams, defining study requirements and translating results into engineering decisions, customer solutions, system requirements, and future product needs.
• Develop and promote electrical integration standards, application guidelines, reference architectures, and engineering best practices for global data center applications.
• Partner with Business Strategy and Product Engineering to shape the five-plus-year data center electrical technology roadmap, incorporating customer and industry trends, AI/HPC infrastructure evolution, emerging power architectures, grid requirements, and new technologies.
• Build external technical leadership and industry partnerships through engagement with strategic customers, consultants, technology partners, and industry organizations; represent Cummins at data center forums and technical events; and identify trends and partnership opportunities.
• Coordinate cross-functional engineering decisions to improve product performance, system reliability, and customer outcomes.
• Guide resolution of complex system integration challenges across products, suppliers, and application environments.
• Strengthen technical excellence and global collaboration to accelerate innovation and successful project execution.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior