DESCRIPTION

Key Responsibilities:

• System Development and Diagnostics:
• Investigate electronic application and systems issues, identifying root causes, and proposing solutions with guidance from senior team members.
• Review diagnostic concepts, including events categorization, event storage, and transferring event data to the wayside. Participate in the validation of defined functions through lab or train testing.
• Collaborate with technical and product teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to deliver recommendations and decisions that improve product quality and performance.
• Use simulation, calibration, and troubleshooting tools to perform system modeling, validation, and product life maintenance.
• Define diagnostic concepts using Selectron tools and work on rail applications.
• Review diagnostic concepts of complete applications, types of events and their categories, storage of events, and transferring sets of events to wayside.
• Review requirements, source code, and witness validation of defined functions through lab or train testing.
• Product Validation and Testing:
• Create and execute validation plans for system testing, identifying potential failure modes and ensuring the system meets requirements through various testing methods.
• Witness the execution of tests and confirm the accuracy of diagnostic functionality and system requirements.
• Support the improvement of testing and development processes and tools, ensuring that products meet customer requirements.
• Collaboration and Communication:
• Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to cross-functional teams, contributing to product development and troubleshooting efforts.
• Assist in coordinating work among technicians or student employees, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Qualifications:

• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related STEM field is required.
• A post-graduate (Master’s) degree may be required for select roles.
• Experience:
• At least 3+ years of work experience in software development for diagnostics functions, especially in rail projects.
• Hands-on experience with IEC61131-3 or model-based development tools like MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience with network topologies and industrial communication protocols (serial, Ethernet) is required.
• Working-level knowledge in defining diagnostic concepts using Selectron tools and experience in rail applications.
• Proven experience in reviewing diagnostic concepts, event categorization, event storage, and transferring event data to wayside.
• Experience in reviewing requirements, source code, and witnessing validation of defined functions through lab or train testing.
• Licensing and Compliance:
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Competencies:

• Mechatronics Systems Design and Application:
• Understanding of hardware/software integration to control and measure system operations in Cummins' products.
• System Optimization:
• Ability to analyze and combine subsystems for optimized product performance, ensuring reliability, cost efficiency, and quality.
• Product Failure Mode Avoidance:
• Proactively identifies failure modes and mitigates risks by assessing interfaces, control factors, and potential failure causes within systems.
• Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis:
• Applies computational tools to predict product capabilities, impacting system, subsystem, or component-level requirements.
• Problem-Solving and Troubleshooting:
• Identifies assignable causes of issues and implements data-driven solutions to improve product reliability and performance.
• Product Verification and Validation Management:
• Develops and executes validation plans, ensuring products meet functional and system requirements.
• System Requirements Engineering:
• Translates stakeholder needs into verifiable system requirements and manages project scope and resources.
• Collaboration and Communication:
• Builds effective partnerships, communicates complex technical information clearly, and fosters a collaborative work environment.
• Statistical Analysis:
• Utilizes statistical methods to analyze technical data and drive data-based decisions for product development.
• Design Integration:
• Translates requirements into virtual designs and leads cross-functional design reviews to ensure product capability.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge and Skills:

• Diagnostic Tools:
• Proficiency in defining diagnostic concepts and using diagnostic tools for rail applications.
• Network and Communication Protocols:
• Experience with serial, Ethernet, and other industrial communication networks.
• Software Development:
• Expertise in using tools like MATLAB/Simulink for software development in rail applications.
• System Lifecycle:
• Strong understanding of the system lifecycle, including requirements, design, testing, and product validation.

Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in the electrical/electronics engineering field, with a focus on software development for diagnostic functions in rail systems.
• Proven experience in system troubleshooting, software configuration, and performing testing and validation.
• Knowledge of electrical system design, validation processes, and application of diagnostic tools in complex environments.
• Knowledge of Programming Language-Python,C, C++ Preparation of Diagnostic Database

Job Engineering

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category Hybrid

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2408294

Relocation Package No