Electronic Systems Product Specialist

DESCRIPTION

This product-focused position tailors electronic and electrical systems for Cummins products. The role involves translating product requirements into hardware and software technical specifications, which control the operation of Cummins' products in a variety of customer applications. Responsibilities include configuring, tuning, and conducting comprehensive validation testing of fully integrated hardware and software systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Investigate electronic application and systems problems, understand causal mechanisms, recommend appropriate actions, and document results.
• Apply and improve electronic application and systems development processes and tools, including system specification, modeling, simulation, calibration, Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R), and troubleshooting.
• Utilize tools for simulation, calibration, and product lifecycle maintenance.
• Gather input from customers, technical and product teams, manufacturing engineers, supplier partners, and other stakeholders to provide recommendations for quality product decisions.
• Make decisions regarding electronic and electrical system design, requirements, calibration, and testing to impact subsystem and feature-class performance.
• Review the work of less-experienced developers and testers to ensure robust, reusable, and efficient designs.
• Lead smaller projects or own complex components, systems, or services with greater elements of ambiguity, ensuring accountability to the project team.
• Independently execute established work processes while developing product or technology knowledge.
• Coordinate and direct work among technicians and temporary employees, transferring knowledge to less-experienced engineers.
• Provide guidance and support to influence technical direction within project teams.
• Operate as a recognized specialist in specific disciplines or product areas within the immediate team.

• Prior Senior or Lead Engineer equivalent work experience in a relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated track record of technical problem-solving and quality decision-making.
• Knowledge of MS Office tools is preferred.
• Knowledge/Skills:
• System Design & Integration: Develop and customize electronic and electrical systems, including ECM, PCC, PSO, Telematics Gateways, Cybersecurity, BESS, Buck-Boost converters, and inverters.
• System Modeling & Simulation: Proficient in Homerpro, Xendee, Matlab, and in-house tools for designing and optimizing BESS and power electronics systems.
• Compliance & Safety: Ensure designs comply with UL, IEC, IEEE standards, with a focus on battery safety and longevity.
• Requirements Translation & Specification: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into technical specifications.
• Validation & Testing: Lead testing and validation plans for integrated hardware and software systems.
• Product Optimization: Drive performance, cost, and reliability optimization.
• Customer Collaboration: Engage with stakeholders to gather input and provide technical recommendations.
• Continuous Improvement: Improve system design and development processes.

• Design and Application of Mechatronics Systems: Specify electronic hardware and interconnections to measure and control systems, and apply them in Cummins products.
• Machine Integration and Optimization: Combine subsystems to achieve desired customer outcomes, ensuring optimization of performance, reliability, cost, and quality.
• Product Function Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis: Use computational tools to predict product capabilities relative to system, subsystem, and component-level requirements.
• Product Problem Solving: Solve product issues using data-based methods to protect customers and address root causes.
• Product Verification and Validation Management: Develop validation plans to identify failure modes and manage product risk while evaluating test results against requirements.
• System Requirements Engineering: Translate stakeholder needs into verifiable requirements and track these throughout the system lifecycle.
• Systems Thinking: Analyze system linkages and interactions to predict behavior and propose modifications to achieve desired outcomes.
• Core Skills: Builds networks, communicates effectively, drives results, manages complexity, resourcefulness, values differences, and decision quality.
• Design and Application of Open/Closed Loop Controls: Specify and configure control systems architectures, features, and algorithms for optimal interaction between hardware and software.

• Education:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a relevant STEM field is required.
• A post-graduate (Master's) degree may be required for select roles.