Product Design Technician - Level IV - OFFC

Job Summary

Functions as a Team Lead and/or has specialized knowledge to create and maintain specifications (drawings and models) of Cummins products per company, industry, national, and international standards, while positively impacting the organization's performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to perform all of the key responsibilities of the Product Design Technician Level III.
• Ensures model and drawing quality.
• Creates and maintains product specifications utilizing Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing.
• Utilizes Computer Aided Design (CAD) data management tools for configuration control and to maintain security.
• Ensures application of company, industry, national, and international standards.
• Processes internal engineering work requests.
• Engages with required functional areas as needed.
• Participates in the maintenance of standards and practices which ensure quality.
• Mentor and train less experienced Product Designers.
• Checks models and drawings prior to release.
• Create assemblies to ensure fit to mating parts.
• Works with engineering to generate concept models.
• Participates in and/or leads Drawing Quality Reviews.

Specialized knowledge, skills, and/or leadership in one or more of the following

• Mentors and trains Product Designers with a range of experience levels.
• Actively functions as the team lead for Product Design Technician work priorities.
• Ensures engineering job requests are ready to be worked.
• Creates concept designs.
• Participates and/or leads Drawing and Design Reviews.
• Analyze adequacy of design using various design tools.
• Create Master CAD Models which are used to generate part tooling.

Competencies

Mechanical Design Modeling and Analysis - Creates Computer Aided Design models in accordance with Cummins' standards to represent architectural or product level system design concepts, and to enable completion of various system-level computer analyses such as Dimensional Variation Analysis and Finite Element Analysis.

Mechanical Design of Mechanical Systems - Acquires and applies an in-depth understanding of mechanical systems through working knowledge that guides a designer’s ability to create innovative and sound design concepts to meet Cummins and customer expectations; designs for requirements of all lifecycle stages by considering the customer requirements in different operating environments to ensure a robust system.

Mechanical Design Specification - Creates complete specifications in the form of solid models, configured engineering bill of materials and detailed drawings that cross-functionally communicate the information required to manufacture and inspect a product per its design intent; considers national, international, industry, and Cummins’ standards that accurately and concisely define the part specification.

Product Configuration and Change Management - Establishes a baseline of identified product artifacts to be placed under configuration management; releases, tracks, controls and communicates changes from concept to obsolescence often through work requests; establishes and maintains the integrity of the product artifact baselines.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

Instills trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.

Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

• High school diploma, certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience in an appropriate STEM field is required.
• Regionally applicable certification or two year Associates Degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant field of study may be required.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.

• Min 7-8 years of experience in DBU Release and Documentation processes
• Experience of windchill and oracle release processes in aftermarket engineering
• Experience of maintaining engineering BOM, Change Management and Plant oracle release processes
• Experience of using CREO CAD models and drawings
• Understanding of Cummins aftermarket engineering, products and processes.