Product Engineering Specialist
Cummins · MI · Posted 2026-09-03
Job description
We are looking for a talented Product Engineering Specialist to join our team in Eaton Cummins Joint Venture (ECJV): Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies in Galesburg, MI. This role is an employee of the Eaton Cummins Joint Venture (ECJV): Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies. Internal candidates are defined as employees of the ECJV. In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: - Lead Successful Product Development: Plan, coordinate, and execute product development activities from concept through production, ensuring technical, quality, cost, and timing objectives are achieved while proactively managing project risks. - Design Reliable Mechanical Systems: Apply strong mechanical engineering principles to develop robust system and component designs that meet customer requirements, industry standards, and performance expectations throughout the product lifecycle. - Improve Product Reliability: Identify and mitigate potential failure modes through structured failure analysis, reducing product risk and enhancing durability, quality, and customer satisfaction. - Drive Data-Based Engineering Decisions: Utilize modeling, simulation, and analytical tools to predict product performance, evaluate design alternatives, and support informed engineering decisions before physical validation. - Integrate Complex Systems Effectively: Manage interfaces across mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, electronic, and control systems to ensure seamless integration, proper functionality, and compliance with system requirements. - Solve Critical Product Challenges: Lead structured root cause investigations, implement corrective actions, and develop long-term solutions that prevent recurring issues and protect the customer experience. - Ensure Product Compliance and Validation: Develop verification and validation plans, assess test results, and confirm product capability meets defined requirements while supporting risk-based engineering decisions. - Collaborate Across Functions and Drive Results: Build strong relationships with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and business stakeholders to communicate effectively, manage complexity, and deliver successful product outcomes.