RePower Program: Site Quality Engineer - Senior

At Cummins, we recognize the decision to come back into your desired career after an extended career break can be intimidating. We value your diverse background, education, and experience and believe that we can help with Powering Your Potential as you make the return. 

RePower, our return-to-work program, is designed specifically for candidates like you: people who have over five years of professional work experience and an employment gap of at least two years for a variety of reasons and are now ready to return to the workforce. The program is designed to support you as you re-engage those skills through fulfilling work assignments. Mentoring, training, development, and helping you to achieve your professional goals is the leading factor in each cohort. 

The role is a six-month paid and benefitted opportunity which is aimed at providing you with the necessary extensive internal resources to support your return to paid work. During your time with us, you will be provided with an opportunity to use your specialist skills, expertise, interests, and abilities on meaningful projects. Following the six months, successful participants may be eligible for full time employment opportunities. We are excited to get to know you and learn more about what powers you. 

For Program Overview visit: https://seo.nlx.org/cummins/img2/2025-158_RePower%20Program%20Flyers_US_DIGITAL.pdf #RPENG #RPIT #RPSC

We are looking for an RePower Program: Site Quality Engineer – Senior to join our team specializing in Engineering for our Seymour, IN location.

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

• Champion the Customer Voice
  You'll build strong relationships with customers and ensure their needs are embedded in every quality and manufacturing decision, driving satisfaction and loyalty.
• Communicate with Clarity and Purpose
  By tailoring your communication to different audiences, you'll bridge gaps between technical teams, leadership, and customers—ensuring alignment and shared understanding.
• Drive Manufacturing Excellence
  Your knowledge of manufacturing processes will enable you to implement improvements that enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Influence Quality-Centric Decisions
  You'll bring stakeholders together, facilitate constructive dialogue, and ensure that quality remains a top priority in decision-making processes.
• Lead with Advanced Quality Planning
  Through structured APQP processes, you'll proactively identify risks and ensure that products meet customer expectations from the start.
• Solve Problems with Precision
  Leveraging data and root cause analysis, you'll resolve complex issues and mentor others in systematic problem-solving to prevent recurrence and protect the customer.
• Harness Digital Quality Tools (Quality 4.0)
  By applying digital technologies like simulation, digital twins, and cloud-based systems, you'll modernize quality management and drive smarter, faster decisions.
• Develop and Empower Talent
  You'll invest in people—coaching, mentoring, and creating opportunities for growth—while fostering a culture that values diverse perspectives and continuous learning.

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

• Strong Quality Systems Knowledge
  Understand and apply standards like IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, APQP, and PPAP to ensure compliance and long-term product quality.
  
• Effective Problem Solving and Containment Leadership
  Lead containment and corrective action activities swiftly and systematically to protect the customer and resolve issues at the root cause.
  
• Change Management Expertise
  Support or lead product and process changes (including VPI) by validating performance against key metrics and using data to guide decisions.
  
• Audit Readiness and Execution
  Conduct and support internal and external quality audits to ensure systems are robust and continuously improving.
  
• Cross-Functional Collabo