Product Engineering Specialist

Cummins•Columbus, OH

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Engineering Specialist will support engineering for Cummins’ business in Columbus, Indiana, primarily focusing on Current Product Cost Reduction projects across multiple aftertreatment platforms. The role partners with technical managers, project leaders, manufacturing engineers, supplier partners, and internal and external teams to provide data-driven recommendations and make sound engineering decisions that balance speed, quality, risk, and business objectives. The specialist applies established engineering processes and tools to improve product reliability and performance, leads smaller business-critical projects or owns complex components, systems, and products, and contributes to emerging technologies and improved engineering practices. The position also coordinates work by technicians, interns, and less experienced engineers and serves as a technical specialist who advises teams and influences project direction. The position requires close collaboration with local testing facilities and procurement of parts for testing. It is based in Columbus, Indiana, and requires working in the office in accordance with CES guidelines, currently at least three days per week. The position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or an appropriate STEM field, or equivalent, is required.
Prior Senior or Lead Engineer-equivalent work experience in a relevant discipline area is required, with a demonstrated track record of technical problem solving and quality decision making.
Experience with Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is required.
Experience working with aftertreatment manufacturing and assessing cost impacts on piece price, tooling, and manufacturing cycle time.
Proficiency reading part and assembly drawings and GD&T, and familiarity with using 3D CAD to review designs.
Advanced knowledge of the aftertreatment product portfolio and its variations.
Yellow Belt certification is required.
Green Belt training is required.
Strong technical communication and presentation skills, creativity, resourcefulness, effective decision-making, and ability to build cross-functional relationships.
Ability to work in the Columbus, Indiana office in accordance with CES guidelines, currently at least three days per week.
The position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of MS Office tools is preferred.
A relevant post-graduate (Master's) degree may be required for select roles.
Familiarity with VPCR and the Clarity system.
Familiarity with Oracle for extracting part cost and usage information.
Experience with VPI teams may be relevant.

Responsibilities

Partner with technical managers, project leaders, manufacturing engineers, and supplier partners to provide data-driven recommendations for product and engineering decisions.
Plan, coordinate, and deliver product development projects that meet performance, quality, timing, and stakeholder expectations throughout the product lifecycle.
Apply engineering expertise to make day-to-day decisions that balance speed, quality, risk, and business objectives.
Use engineering processes and tools, including ESW, iDFMEA, FIRG, design reviews, and 7-step problem solving, to strengthen product reliability and performance.
Lead smaller business-critical projects or take ownership of complex components, systems, and products, with accountability to project teams.
Execute established engineering processes independently while expanding technical knowledge and contributing to emerging technologies and solutions.
Identify and implement improvements to engineering work processes, systems, and best practices.
Coordinate and direct the work of technicians, interns, and less experienced engineers, supporting knowledge transfer and team development.
Apply failure mode avoidance, verification and validation, system requirements management, and structured problem-solving practices.
Use technical knowledge of controls, mechanical systems, design specifications, product integration, and simulation tools to guide design decisions and product performance.
Create and present technical proposals and business cases to internal and cross-business-unit teams.
Collaborate with internal and external teams on technical problem solving.
Work with local testing facilities and procure parts required for testing.
Assess cost impacts on piece price, tooling, and manufacturing cycle time for aftertreatment manufacturing.
Provide expert technical guidance, communicate effectively, and influence project direction and successful engineering outcomes.