Product Engineering Specialist

We are looking for a talented Product Engineering Specialist to join our team specializing in Engineering for our Cummins Inc. facility in Troy, MI .

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Drive high-quality product decisions by synthesizing input from technical managers, project leaders, manufacturing engineers, and supplier partners into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Advance projects efficiently without compromising quality by applying academic foundations and hands-on experience to make sound day-to-day technical, analytical, and coordination decisions.
• Enable cross - discipline execution by defining and coordinating analysis, testing, and work instructions that ensure aligned progress across engineering and manufacturing functions.
• Strengthen decision-making rigor through effective application and continuous improvement of ESW, iDFMEA, FIRG, and structured problem-solving tools such as 7-step problem solving and design review checklists.
• Provide independent technical leadership by owning smaller business-impact projects or complex components/systems with ambiguity and full accountability to the project team.
• Execute and mature engineering processes by independently applying established and emerging work systems while building deeper product and technology expertise.
• Build team capability and capacity by coordinating technicians and student employees, and transferring knowledge to less-experienced engineers through direct or indirect leadership.
• Influence technical direction as a recognized specialist by guiding project teams, improving functional discipline processes at the site level, and continually developing critical competencies.

• Lead end - to - end product development execution across the full lifecycle, aligning system requirements, technical profiles, quality targets, and project resources.
• Drive product reliability through proactive failure-mode avoidance, identifying system interfaces, functional interactions, and root causes using structured risk analysis methods.
• Influence design decisions by applying modeling, simulation, and analytical tools to predict system, subsystem, and component-level performance.
• Define, control, and integrate system interfaces to ensure requirements compliance, executing integration plans that enabled early issue detection and resolution.
• Solve complex product issues using data-driven, customer-protective problem-solving processes, implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Manage product verification and validation , negotiating requirements against capability, assessing test and simulation results, and documenting technical recommendations.
• Establish configuration and change management discipline , maintaining product baselines and controlling changes from concept through obsolescence.
• Produce high - quality technical documentation and communicate effectively across cross-functional teams, enabling knowledge transfer, informing decisions, and producing consistent results.

• College, university, or equivalent Bachelor's degree in Engineering or appropriate STEM field is required.
• 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.

• 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. Knowledge of MS Office tools is preferred.
• Performing engineering analysis & design necessary for prototype, production, application and testing of axle/suspension, components and systems. This will include the use of CAD/CAE tools such as Creo/Pro-Engineer, Creo Simulate/Pro-Mechanica.
• Manage all aspects of engineering products according to customer requirements with focus on coordinating project timing, costs, test plans and prototype builds.
• Create preliminary concepts of components/systems and work with designers to release detailed drawing package.
• BSME (MSME preferred) with minimum of 4 years of full-time direct, practical experience including: -Experience with Off-highway/specialty vehicle products and systems -Design experience with structural components like casting & forging - Excellent understanding of static analysis, fatigue analysis & familiar with fundamentals of dynamic & kinematic studies - Knowledge and understanding of vehicle dynamics is preferred - Identify, verify and implement solutions to warranty or quality problems that affect product performance
• Hands on experience with designing large castings, Ansys will be an added advantage.