Project Engineer - Technical Specialist

Job description

We are looking for a talented Project Engineer - Technical Specialist to join our team specializing in Engineering for our Cummins Inc. facility in Shoreview, MN. In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: - 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.