Manager - Product Application Engineering

Job Description

*This dual customer/product focused position serves as the technical liaison between OEMs and represents our customers during new product development programs. Applying Cummins products to customer vehicles requires the development of technical specifications, implementing new design configurations, and delivering high performance, low-cost equipment and system solutions integrated with customers products in a variety of applications. Integrating high quality and optimized customer solutions requires the interaction with sales and marketing teams.Investigates integration and installation problems, understands causal mechanisms, recommends appropriate action, owns problem resolution and documents results with guidance from more experienced team members.Applies and supports the improvement of processes such as Installation Quality Assurance, OEM integration and product selection and tools such as Advisor, Cummins OnLine Specifications (COLS) and Global Customer Engineering (GCE) required to support the processes and enable high quality decision making. Obtains input and negotiates with Subject Matter Experts and Value Package Introduction (VPI) Teams and delivers product data and installation requirements to Application Engineers and OEMs.Makes decisions in the areas of product selection, design, and integration that impact OEM machine performance, optimization and quality. Develops strong working relationships with customer technical counterparts to serve as their primary liaison to deliver product technical information, manage product specifications, communicate product change information, conduct installation issue resolutions and facilitate customer requestsApplies in-depth product, application and market knowledge to support Original Equipment Manufacter product selection and equipment designTranslates customer needs and voice of the customer into functional product requirementsServes as customer/market advocate inside Cummins during participation in new product development programs, design reviews and product change request processesEnsures products are applied and installed correctly to meet customer system requirements and environmentsAssures installation quality by validating prototype machine performance and ensuring installations meet Cummins requirementsOwns problem resolution for moderately complex components, products, systems, subsystems or services with a greater degree of technical complexity and ambiguity over the entry level engineer level and with greater accountability to the project team.Provides independent execution of established work processes and systems, while still developing technology or product knowledge; engages with the improvement of systems and processes.Involves minimal direct management of people, but could involve the coordination and direction of work amongst technicians and/or temporary student employees.Contributes effectively toward team goals, exhibits influence within a work group and continues to develop proficiency in the competency areas critical to success in the role., *SkillsMachine Integration and Optimization - Combines various parts or sub-systems into a whole to achieve the output most desired by the customer; applies Cummins installation requirements using our standard tools, processes and identified best practices to ensure optimization of performance, reliability, cost and quality; analyzes technical issues using proven problem-solving and troubleshooting techniques for rapid resolution.Machine Operation and Support - Evaluates the operation of the system by the user through monitoring system performance, addressing system failures or performance concerns, reacting to evolving user needs, and technology changes; proactively and systematically responds to operational issues which contribute significantly to user satisfaction and operational cost management.Product Application Support - Ensures new product information is available by developing and managing accurate and complete technical content in a timely manner to support our customers and the business; provides new options through management of technical systems to support sales to all of our markets; defines installation requirements and develops innovative tools with in-depth, cross-system knowledge and industry experience for successful design and integration.Product Function Modeling, Simulation and Analysis - Impacts product design decisions through the utilization and/or interpretation of computational tools and methods that predict the capability of a products function relative to its system, sub-system and/or component level requirements.Product Installation Quality - Identifies and applies ways to improve machine integration to minimize rework and deliver the best product; applies standard Cummins processes based on the experience and knowledge of product installation experts; ensures that products are installed correctly and meet requirements through an installation review process.Product Problem Solving - Solves product problems using a process that protects the customer; determines the assignable cause; implements robust, data-based solutions; and identifies the systemic root causes and recommended actions to prevent problem reoccurrence. Product Selection - Guides customers to the best product offerings for their markets and applications; offers best-fit solutions to customers by optimizing product specifications to make Cummins offerings easy to install into new applications; represents features and benefits of products in terms that customers understand; ensures Cummins products arent misapplied through using Cummins technical information systems, local and application requirements.Technical Customer Management - Represents Cummins to our customers by being the interface for all technical aspects; provides engineering data, documentation and training to customers to support the design and integration of equipment; ensures that the customers business is not interrupted by managing Cummins product changes through the use of our change processes and regular communications with Product Development and the customer.Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.Education, Licenses, CertificationsCollege, university, or equivalent Bachelors degree in Engineering or appropriate STEM field is required. Post-graduate (Masters) 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.ExperiencePrior entry level engineering equivalent work experience in a relevant discipline area is required. Knowledge of MS Office tools is preferredIntermediate level of relevant work experience required, such as responsibility for several components of a project or a complex component of a project.Installation Quality Assurance (IQA) (Engine)Installation Systems - Cooling (Engine)Installation Systems - Electronic (Engine)Analyze Issues - Demonstrated results indicating deep knowledge of analyzing issues.Critically identifies an issues scope and parameters while analyzing it from multiple perspectives. Determines the root causes as well as broad implications of issues.Project Management - Capable of effectively managing complex projects with little to no guidance.Applies technical expertise on complex components or projects with minimal supervision.Leads small projects or portions of large projects.Provides technical direction for a project or a project team.Participates as a key contributor and is accountable for project success.Influences at department or program management level.Provides input on program-related decisions.Proposes innovative initiatives and projects.Demonstrates depth of knowledge of engineering discipline(s) and leverages expertise on other projects. Troubleshoots complex problems and recommends appropriate actions. Assists with the transfer of knowledge, coaches and mentors less experienced engineers.

Keyskills :
new product developmentproduct designexport controlsmarket knowledgequality assurance