RePower Program Systems Engineering Product Specialist

At Cummins, we understand that returning to your career after an extended break can feel both exciting and challenging. We deeply value the diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills you bring—and we are committed to supporting you as you continue powering your potential.

RePower, our return-to-work program, is specifically designed for experienced professionals who have at least five years of prior work experience and have taken a career break of two or more years for any reason. Whether your time away was spent caregiving, pursuing education, or addressing personal priorities, RePower provides a structured pathway to help you successfully transition back into the workforce.

Through this program, participants are supported with meaningful project work aligned to their expertise, along with dedicated mentoring, training, and professional development opportunities. Our goal is to help you rebuild confidence, refresh your skills, and achieve your career aspirations.

This is a six-month, paid opportunity with benefits, designed to provide access to robust internal resources and a supportive environment as you re-engage in your career. During the program, you will contribute to impactful projects that leverage your unique skills, interests, and experience.

At the conclusion of the program, successful participants may be considered for full-time employment opportunities.

We are excited to learn more about you—your journey, your strengths, and what drives you. For Program Overview visit:

We are looking for a talented RePower Program Systems Engineering Product Specialist tojoin our team specializing in Engineering for our Cummins center located in Troy, MI.

Seeking an experienced Systems Engineer for steering, braking, and drivetrain systems to join our Advanced Engineering team in Troy, Michigan. This role leads the front end of innovation for advanced mechanical, mechatronic, sensing, actuation, and system technologies within the Global Advanced Engineering & Innovation Group. The focus is on identifying customer and market opportunities, converting ideas into viable concepts, defining system-level architectures and requirements, and advancing early-stage projects through the Innovation-to-Concept (I2C) process.

The engineer will collaborate closely with Product Line Management and cross-functional engineering teams to translate customer, market, regulatory, and business needs into clear, measurable, and traceable technical requirements.

Requirements and supporting system documentation will be developed and maintained in Polarion. The role also includes competitive benchmarking, market and patent research, concept development, prototype and test planning, test execution, and engineering program management for assigned I2C projects.

Success in this position requires strong systems thinking, hands-on technical capability, disciplined project execution, and the ability to communicate complex technical and business recommendations to approval committees and senior leadership.

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

• Lead Innovation from Concept to Approval: Drive advanced engineering projects through the Innovation-to-Concept (I2C) process, transforming new ideas into validated business opportunities and securing leadership approval for future product investments.

• Develop Next-Generation Vehicle Solutions: Lead the ideation, evaluation, and development of innovative steering, braking, drivetrain, and mechatronic system concepts that deliver customer value and competitive differentiation.

• Manage Complex Cross-Functional Programs: Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, validation, finance, suppliers, and Product Line Management teams to ensure project objectives, timelines, and deliverables are achieved.

• Shape System Architecture and Product Strategy: Define system architectures, functional requirements, interfaces, operating scenarios, and proof-of-concept approaches that establish the foundation for future product development.

• Translate Market Needs into Engineering Requirements: Partner with stakeholders to convert customer needs, market trends, regulatory expectations, and competitive insights into clear, measurable, and traceable product requirements.

• Drive Data-Driven Technical Decisions: Lead concept selection, feasibility studies, risk assessments, trade studies, and engineering analyses to identify the most effective and scalable technical solutions.

• Advance Technology Through Research and Benchmarking: Conduct market, competitive, patent, and technology research to identify emerging opportunities, mitigate risks, and guide innovation strategies and intellectual property development.

• Validate Concepts Through Testing and Analysis: Develop and execute benchmarking, simulation, laboratory, subsystem, and vehicle-level testing strategies, using data-driven insights to validate performance, resolve issues, and support informed engineering decisions.

Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.