Current Product Powertrain Product Engineer

Cummins • Columbus, OH

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This entry level/early career professional, product focused position performs established technical tasks at the sub-system and/or component level for current and future products within a given business unit or corporate area. This involves work across many steps in the product life cycle. Because of the product centered nature of this position, they are very often a central point of coordination and decision making between product line engineers, customer teams, systems engineers, purchasing, suppliers and manufacturing.

Requirements

• College, university, or equivalent Bachelor's degree in Engineering or appropriate STEM field is required.
• Entry level/Early career professional.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Interest in structured problem-solving methodologies.

Nice To Haves

• Post-graduate (Master's) degree relevant to this discipline area may be required for select roles.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
• Relevant experience working in either a temporary student employment environment (intern, co-op, or other extracurricular team activities) or as an early career professional in a relevant technical discipline area.
• Knowledge of MS Office tools is also preferred.
• Prefer Mechanical Engineering; Open to Electrical Engineering and MET/EET Degrees

Responsibilities

• Investigates product problems, understands causal mechanisms, recommends appropriate action, owns problem resolution and documents results with guidance from more experienced team members.
• Main focus will include working in business processes of Product Preceding Technology (PPT), Value Package Introduction (VPI) or Current Product Support (CPS) and executing technical processes such as Engineering Standard Work (ESW), iDFMEA, Failure Incident Review Group (FIRG) 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.
• Obtains 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.
• Applies 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.
• Owns problem resolution for moderately complex components, products, systems, subsystems or services with technical complexity and ambiguity increasing as experience is gained in the role.
• Provides independent execution of established work processes and systems, while still developing technology or product knowledge; engages with the improvement of systems and processes.
• Involves minimal direct management of people, but could involve the coordination and direction of work amongst technicians and/or temporary student employees.
• Contributes effectively toward team goals, exhibits influence within a work group and continues to develop proficiency in the competency areas critical to success in the role.
• Supporting or leading elements of product investigations, PPS projects, and VPCRs to improve product reliability, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Supporting full-time Engineers in their Component Ownership activities by monitoring failed-part teardowns, and driving quality improvements through cross-functional collaboration.
• Developing technical experience in various engine system components and their application across multiple platforms.
• Supporting a Powertrain Engineering Group Project, driving sustainable impact for one or more functions within the Powertrain Engineering organization (project details will be communicated at the start of the internship)

Benefits

• This position is part of the Current Product Powertrain Hardware System teams and focus on supporting Product improvements for Air Handling, Fuel System, Electronics, FEAD and other engine system components.

What This Job Offers

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