Placement Student - Applied Controls

Job Description

Our culture believes in POWERING YOUR POTENTIAL . We provide global opportunities to develop your career, make your community a better place and work with today’s most innovative thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems.

We believe in adaptability for you to explore your passions while making an impact through meaningful work within our inclusive workforce. That’s what #LifeAtCummins is all about.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Placement Student - Applied Controls to join our team in Calibration Integration, for the Engine Business Unit in Darlington. This product focused position releases engine software for Cummins products. You will support the team by processing engine calibration tunings, supporting cross functional design reviews and releasing software that controls the operation of Cummins’ products in a variety of customer applications. During your placement with us, you will learn how a major global organization operates, gaining the tools and exposure you will need to become an expert in the industry and power your potential !

This role is available to candidates who qualify for a placement year and will commence 1 July 2025.

External Qualifications and Competencies

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

• Using calibration development and management tools to process parameter changes (tunings)
• Verification and validation task execution for developed calibration
• Understanding calibration structure to help analyze required changes and identify required options and parts to be released
• Technical documentation for design reviews, change requests and tech reports
• Work in global cross-functional teams to support project planning, change reviews and continuous improvement of tools and processes

Additional Responsibilities Unique to this Position

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

• To be currently studying a STEM subject at degree level with an allowance for a 12-month industry placement
• Enthusiasm and aptitude for new product development and continuous improvement
• Ability to follow structured problem-solving processes to resolve issues
• Knowledge of application of Engineering Standards and ability to produce high quality, concise technical documentation
• Experience or knowledge of MATLAB and Simulink

Working at Cummins

At Cummins, we are dedicated to diversity in the workplace and our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, colour, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, and/or expression or other status protected by law.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 4th November 2024, 11:59pm

About Us

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, colour, disability, national origin, age, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law.