Project Engineer - Technical Specialist

About the company

Cummins

Automotive · 10,001+ employees

What you'll do

• Serve as a senior technical liaison between Cummins and OEM partners, ensuring customer needs, product requirements, and integration expectations are clearly communicated throughout new product development programs.
• Drive high‑quality product integration by developing technical specifications, guiding design configurations, and ensuring Cummins products are applied correctly across diverse customer applications.
• Strengthen product performance and installation quality through the effective use of processes and tools such as Installation Quality Assurance, COLS, Advisor, ALD, and Six Sigma.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with customer technical teams, providing expert guidance on specifications, product changes, installation issues, and advanced technical inquiries.
• Translate the voice of the customer into actionable product requirements, influencing program decisions and advocating for customer and market needs during design reviews and development cycles.
• Validate prototype machine performance and ensure installations meet Cummins standards, contributing to optimized system performance and reliable field operations.
• Lead customer‑focused initiatives, mentor less experienced engineers, and support knowledge transfer to elevate technical capability across the team.
• Provide independent leadership on complex components, systems, or projects with significant ambiguity, driving process improvements and shaping technical direction within the functional discipline.

What you need

• <span style="font-size:10pt">Demonstrate solid understanding of low‑voltage and medium‑voltage switchgear designs, including their functionality and typical configurations.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Apply strong knowledge of medium‑sized diesel and gas generator sets (19 kW to 4 MW), along with a foundational understanding of generator set controls.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Exhibit proficiency in the features and external control methods of automatic transfer switches used in power systems.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Maintain a clear understanding of power system architecture and common components used at the incoming distribution level in industrial and commercial facilities.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Interpret and review project plans and specifications accurately to support system design and execution.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Utilize experience with system control components in paralleling applications and apply basic capability to interpret Allen‑Bradley and Schneider PLC code.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Leverage understanding of industrial communication networks, including hardware and protocols such as Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP, and BACnet, and assist with configuring managed Ethernet switches and applying fundamental Ethernet network principles.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Interpret various project drawing types—Elevation, Plan‑View, One‑Line, Three‑Line, Schematic, Interconnect, and Riser—and use AutoCAD Electrical to create or update drawings as needed.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Evaluate power system operating sequences, explain system functionality based on written sequences of operation, and anticipate common first‑level failures and their impacts.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Apply knowledge of power system protective relaying principles and related hardware to support system integrity and performance.</span>
• <span style="font-size:10pt">Follow all Cummins safety policies and procedures as well as any site‑specific safety requirements, adhering to the most stringent standards in all cases.</span>

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