Product Engineering Specialist

We are looking for a talented Product Engineering Specialist to join our Cummins Inc. team in Seattle, Washington.

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

- Lead the design, development, and integration of mechanical systems for hybrid electric retrofit solutions on heavy-duty mining vehicles.

- Drive product development activities from requirements definition through production release, ensuring quality, performance, and reliability objectives are achieved.

- Establish robust engineering standards, design practices, and processes that improve consistency, manufacturability, and product quality.

- Provide technical leadership for complex design decisions, risk assessments, and cross-functional problem-solving initiatives.

- Guide system architecture, packaging, and vehicle integration activities to optimize safety, serviceability, and operational performance.

- Mentor and develop engineers through technical coaching, knowledge sharing, and engineering best practices.

- Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, electrical, thermal, and systems teams to deliver integrated product solutions.

- Champion innovation, continuous improvement, and technology advancement efforts that strengthen product capability and engineering excellence.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Key Competencies:

- Provide subject matter expertise for large structural and mechanical systems supporting hybrid electric vehicle retrofit applications.
- Lead requirements development, system architecture, trade studies, detailed design, prototype development, validation testing, and production implementation activities.
- Maintain ownership of mechanical system packaging, physical architecture, and component integration while ensuring compliance with safety, manufacturability, serviceability, and configuration management standards.
- Develop and maintain engineering definition packages, including CAD models, drawings, engineering bills of materials, and product documentation.
- Utilize product development tools and methodologies such as Engineering Standard Work (ESW), iDFMEA, FIRG, design reviews, and structured root cause problem-solving techniques.
- Guide finite element analysis (FEA), durability assessments, verification activities, and failure investigations to support product reliability and continuous improvement.
- Support supplier selection, technical evaluations, manufacturing readiness reviews, field issue resolution, and customer deployment activities.
- Apply expertise in product configuration and change management to maintain product integrity throughout the lifecycle.
- Partner effectively across engineering disciplines to ensure seamless integration of mechanical, electrical, thermal, controls, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and engineering excellence through technical leadership and coaching.
- Relocation assistance may be considered if we identify a highly qualified candidate whose skills and experience closely align with the position requirements.

Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.