Electronic Systems Controls Technical Specialist

Job Summary:

This controls focused position tailors electronic control systems for Cummins products. People in these positions will decompose product requirements into functional requirements and design and tune controls that operate on Cummins’ products in a variety of customer applications. Additionally, there is responsibility to configure (tune), and complete comprehensive validation testing of the fully integrated hardware and software systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Contributes to the development of electronic controls (open and closed loop)and diagnostics for a variety of applications (internal combustion engine, power systems, powertrain, etc). Owns investigation, problem resolution, and documentation for these systems with guidance from more experienced team members. Uses strong knowledge of application of controls and first principles to guide decision making.
Works and improves electronic controls development processes and tools. Processes include system specification, modeling and simulation, calibration, Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R), and troubleshooting. Application of tools for simulation, calibration, and product life maintenance required.
Contributes to negotiations, translates and decomposes requirements and voices from customers into functional requirements for controls algorithms, designs algorithms to meet these requirements, tunes these algorithms, and designs tests to validate performance against these requirements.
Contributes to decisions in the areas of electronic and electrical controls and diagnostic design, requirements, calibration, and test that impact the quality and performance of individual calibrated features and/or components by using systems knowledge and understanding of product (internal combustion engine, power systems, powertrain, etc). Responsible for review of less-experienced controls engineers' work to ensure robust, reusable, and efficient design.
Contributes independent leadership of smaller business impact projects or ownership of complex components, products, systems or services with greater elements of ambiguity over the senior or lead engineer level and with full accountability to the project team.
Coordinates and directs work amongst technicians and temporary student employees, assists in the transfer of knowledge to lesser experienced engineers through either indirect (scope of influence) or direct management of a small, local group of engineers. Responsible for interacting and collaborating with cross functional teams.
Contributes as a recognized specialist in a discipline or product area within the immediate team.
Leads the development and improvement of work processes and systems across a functional discipline area within a business unit site.

Cybersecurity

- Knowledge . cybersecurity regulations and standards applicable to embedded control systems
- Ability to derive, analyse, and manage cybersecurity requirements for controllers, HMIs, communication interfaces, and connected tools.
- Experience conducting threat analysis, risk assessments, cybersecurity gap analysis, and mitigation planning for embedded control systems.
- Skilled in product and process documentation to demonstrate compliance to cybersecurity norms.
- Understanding of cybersecurity concepts for embedded systems products, test plan creation and system level validation.
- Understanding of controller, HMI, engine ECM, telematics, and plant/network communication architectures , boundary diagrams and interfaces from a cybersecurity perspective.
- Ability to define cybersecurity work products, support audits/evaluations, and ensure compliance throughout the product lifecycle.
- Maintain SDLC for product - ensuring compliance to process, validation and release ( CRA, UL). Secure Product Development Lifecycle (Secure SDLC) and Regulatory Compliance.

System Engineering skills

- Skilled in genset controllers system
- Electronics and Electrical power systems knowledge Electronic System - Harness, Sensor, Actuator, Switch gears, breakers, charging alternator
- Electronic Control Architecture - **microprocessor, *HW, SW, Service tool, HMI
- 3 phase power supply, synchronization, alternator.
- Genset Domain Knowledge - PLC, Paralleling,3rd Party Interfacing
- Feedback Control Loops/Theory (PG Programs)- AVR, Voltage Regulation, Speed Governing

- System engineering process flows and tools Requirement gathering
- System design and documentation (specifically in genset controls system)
- DFMEA
- PSHA (Product Safety & Hazard Analysis) and Product risk assessment
- 7 step problem solving tool
- Test plan creation and test execution (On Genset/Matlab based simulation system-HIL/MIL)

- Embedded C code understanding skill
- Hardware schematics readability
- Datalink domain Knowledge ISO 7-layer, *Modbus, **CAN, *Ethernet, **Basic knowledge of Network Topology
- Understanding of Fault Diagnostics
- Product development lifecycle- in general knowledge
- High level idea of Software calibration
- Six Sigma Tools and Methodology - RACI, SOW, PUGH Matrix, DOE