Combustion and Emissions Systems Technical Specialist
Cummins
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- Location
- Columbus, IN
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 22
- 2 days ago
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About the company
Cummins
Automotive · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Stakeholder Collaboration & Influence:Obtains input and negotiates with stakeholders: collaborates with cross‑functional engineers, project leaders, product teams, and suppliers to provide insights, recommendations, and guidance that support project decisions and further technical analysis.
- Project-Level Technical Decision Making:Makes independent technical decisions: drives short‑term project activities—including analysis, testing, and communication—that directly influence project progression at a level beyond senior or lead engineers.
- Process Application & Continuous Improvement:Applies and enhances engineering processes: utilizes and improves methodologies such as PPP, PPT, VPI/VPC, ESW, and FEP while leveraging advanced thermal and fluid‑science tools (e.g., GT‑Power, Fluent, Converge, Concerto, CyberApps, CDAT, Calterm, ECM tools) to enable high‑quality decision making.
- Leadership of Complex Workscopes:Provides independent leadership: takes ownership of smaller business-impact projects or complex system/component work with higher ambiguity, ensuring full accountability to the project team.
- Execution of Work Systems & Technology Development:Delivers consistent, high-quality execution: independently carries out established and emerging engineering work processes while continuing to expand product and technology expertise.
- Process & System Improvement Leadership:Leads improvements across functional disciplines: champions the development and refinement of work processes and systems within the business unit to strengthen engineering execution.
- Coordination & Mentorship:Guides and supports team members: coordinates technician and student‑employee tasks and contributes to knowledge transfer by coaching less-experienced engineers through direct or indirect leadership.
- Technical Expertise & Influence:Acts as a recognized specialist: operates as an expert in a specific discipline or product area, shaping technical direction within project teams while developing deeper competency in key technical areas.
What you need
- Drive Performance Optimization Across New and Existing Engine Platforms: Work on both new and current product systems to optimize overall engine performance. This includes improving fuel economy, refining hardware selection, enhancing diagnostic strategies and feature behavior, resolving product issues, and ensuring tailpipe emissions are optimized to meet regulatory and customer expectations.
- Lead Vehicle-Level Assessment and Validation: Conduct performance evaluations at the vehicle level—including on‑road assessments, chassis dynamometer testing, and validation activities—to ensure the engine and aftertreatment systems operate as intended under real-world conditions.
- Engage and Align with Cross‑Functional Stakeholders: Obtain input and negotiate technical direction with engineering teams, project leaders, manufacturing partners, supplier representatives, and other key stakeholders to maintain alignment and ensure high‑quality decisions throughout the development process.
- Deliver Technical Insights to Guide Project Decisions: Provide clear, data‑driven technical guidance, recommendations, and insights that enable the project team to make informed decisions on system architecture, design paths, risk mitigation, and product improvements.
- Independently Lead Complex Workscopes: Provide leadership for smaller high‑impact projects or take full ownership of complex components, systems, or services that involve significant ambiguity, ensuring accountability for technical quality, timeline, and stakeholder alignment.
- Execute Established and Emerging Engineering Processes: Carry out engineering workflows with a high level of independence, contributing to both established processes and evolving technologies while continuing to build deeper product expertise.
- Champion Continuous Improvement Within the Function: Support efforts to refine and elevate work processes, engineering methods, and system‑level practices across the business unit, helping strengthen organizational capability and execution efficiency.
Key skills
thermal and fluid sciencescombustion and emissions scienceanalytical approachesexperimental approaches
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This dual applied science/product systems focused position utilizes the core competencies of thermal and fluid sciences in the specialized areas of combustion and emissions science, using and advancing analytical and experimental approaches to answer key questions about the performance and architecture of a system or component. This drives decisions and creates technical content which ultimately leads to state of the art, highly effective, environmentally friendly, and competitive products.