Systems Engineer - Early Career, Product & Cross‑Team Focus

Cummins; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 33,734 - 56,224; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined contribution pension scheme

Annual bonus plan

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Life assurance

25 days annual leave

Employee discount scheme

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

Cummins in Milton Keynes is seeking an entry-level Systems Engineer to support product development and cross-functional integration across the product lifecycle. You will coordinate with product engineers, project leaders, suppliers, and manufacturing to enable high-quality decisions.

The role emphasizes problem solving, data-driven decisions, and applying academic knowledge to progress projects while learning established work processes and tools.

Qualifications

• Entry-level / early-career professional.
• Experience with Windchill RV&S or similar technical requirements management tools.
• Testing experience, ideally with batteries.
• Product development and validation experience.
• Experience in a temporary student employment environment (intern, co-op) or as an early career professional in a relevant technical discipline area.
• Ability to support cross-functional groups and engineering disciplines to guide on application of key systems engineering tools, such as fault tree analysis and iDFMEA.

Responsibilities

• Investigating product problems, understanding causal mechanisms, recommending appropriate action, owning problem resolution, and documenting results with guidance from more experienced team members.
• Working in business processes of PPT, VPI or CPS and executing technical processes such as ESW, iDFMEA, FIRG while using tools such as 7-step problem solving, design review checklist and other specialized tools required to support the processes and enable high-quality decision making.
• Obtaining input from stakeholders to deliver information and recommendations that lead to quality product decisions.
• Applying academic knowledge and existing experience to take action and make decisions that progress projects forward without sacrificing project quality expectations.
• Owning problem resolution for moderately complex components, products, systems, subsystems or services with increasing technical complexity and ambiguity as experience grows.
• Providing independent execution of established work processes and systems, while still developing technology or product knowledge; engaging with the improvement of systems and processes.
• Involved in minimal direct management of people, but could involve the coordination and direction of work amongst technicians and/or temporary student employees.
• Contributing effectively toward team goals, exhibiting influence within a work group and developing proficiency in the competency areas critical to success in the role.

Skills

Windchill RV&S

Testing experience

Product development and validation

Cross-functional collaboration

Fault tree analysis

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or STEM

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Cummins in Milton Keynes is seeking an entry-level Systems Engineer to support product development and cross-functional integration across the product lifecycle. You will coordinate with product engineers, project leaders, suppliers, and manufacturing to enable high-quality decisions.

The role emphasizes problem solving, data-driven decisions, and applying academic knowledge to progress projects while learning established work processes and tools.