YDA Specifications Engineer - Senior

We are looking for a talented YDA Specifications Engineer – Senior to join our Cummins Drivetrain and Braking Systems (CDBS) Manufacturing team located in York, SC.      

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

• Drive Manufacturing Readiness: Ensure customer BOMs, specifications, engineering drawings, and production requirements are accurately translated into manufacturing processes, systems, tooling, and equipment to support safe, high-quality production.
• Serve as the Technical Data Expert: Act as the primary subject matter expert for customer product data, identifying risks, resolving discrepancies, and ensuring manufacturing teams have the information needed to execute successfully.
• Improve System Reliability: Develop and maintain SQL queries, reporting tools, and manufacturing system solutions that strengthen data integrity, production controls, traceability, and operational performance.
• Partner Across Functions: Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Quality, Materials, Safety, and Customer teams to implement changes, solve complex issues, and achieve shared business objectives.
• Enable Continuous Improvement: Lead projects that reduce manual intervention, improve manufacturing system effectiveness, eliminate waste, and enhance product quality through data-driven decision making.
• Solve Complex Manufacturing Challenges: Apply structured problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes, implement sustainable corrective actions, and prevent recurring production and data-related issues.
• Standardize and Strengthen Processes: Develop and maintain manufacturing procedures, standard work, and process documentation that support consistency, compliance, operational excellence, and workforce readiness.
• Advance Digital Manufacturing Capabilities: Support transformation initiatives by leveraging manufacturing systems, customer data integration, automation, and exception monitoring to proactively address issues before they impact production.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Technical Manufacturing Expertise: Strong knowledge of BOMs, engineering drawings, specifications, manufacturing processes, tooling, materials, and product data to assess the impact of customer changes and ensure production readiness.
• Data Analytics & Systems Proficiency: Experience with SQL, manufacturing databases, and MES platforms such as Apriso to manage data flow, validate information, support production controls, and troubleshoot system issues.
• Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement: Ability to identify data anomalies, determine root causes, implement corrective actions, and drive improvements that enhance quality, traceability, and manufacturing system reliability.
• Collaboration & Communication Skills: Proven ability to partner with customers, engineering, operations, quality, materials, and other stakeholders to resolve complex issues, communicate changes, and ensure alignment across functions.

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 

College, university, or degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) or related field, or equivalent experience required.

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience: 

Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.

• Serve as the YDA site subject matter expert for Customer Bills of Material (BOMs), specifications, engineering drawings, and associated manufacturing data, ensuring accuracy and alignment with manufacturing requirements.
• Review and assess Customer BOM, specification, drawing, and production schedule changes, evaluating impacts on manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, materials, quality, and production readiness.
• Manage the flow of Customer product and schedule data into manufacturing systems, identifying anomalies, determining root causes, and coordinating corrective actions to maintain operational continuity.
• Collaborate with Customers and cross-functional teams to resolve missing, incorrect, incomplete, or incompatible product, schedule, and manufacturing data.
• Support enhancements to manufacturing system logic and configurations to accommodate new Customer requirements, product variations, and production processes.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize SQL queries, databases, and applications supporting production controls, BOM validation, material sequencing, feeder schedules, and exception reporting.
• Provide technical support for Apriso and other manufacturing systems to ensure effective production execution, traceability, error-proofing, and No-Fault-Forward compliance.
• Validate that manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and systems are capable of consistently meeting current Customer design and product requirements.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineers and Operations teams to develop and maintain Standard Work, process documentation, and training to support manufacturing changes and process adoption.
• Communicate Customer-driven changes, operational risks, and implementation requirements to Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Quality, Materials, Safety, and other affected stakeholders.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on manufacturing system reliability, data integrity, product quality, operational efficiency, and reduction of manual processes.
• Maintain manufacturing databases to ensure reliability, availability, performance, data retention, and scalability while supporting long-term business needs.
• Support digital transformation and process improvement initiatives by leveraging expertise in manufacturing systems, data integration, SQL development, production controls, and process implementation.
• Design and implement automated exception monitoring, reporting, and alerting capabilities to proactively identify recurring data and system issues before they impact production.

Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.

Job Manufacturing

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2437462

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site No

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