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We are looking for an enthusiastic Applied Controls Placement Student to join our team in Calibration development, for Engine Business Unit in Darlington. This product focused position tailors’ electronic systems for Cummins products. You will support the team configure (tune), integrate, test, and release software, electronic control units, tools, sensors, actuators, and harnesses into an electronic system 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 to start on the 1st of Juli 2025!
This role is Hybrid.
Responsibilities
Skills/competencies
- Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer centric solutions.
- Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
- Self-development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
- Data Acquisition - Prepares samples, verifies equipment calibration and performs tests according to an approved standard procedure or work instruction in a manner which ensures, and results in, data that can be trusted and delivered to the engineer or customer.
- Data Reporting - Prepares documentation in a manner which clearly organizes and presents testing methods, instrument settings, the data and analysis to allow the engineer and customer to understand the results and form accurate conclusions and recommendations.
- Product Problem Solving - Solves product problems using a process that protects the customer; determines the assignable cause; implements robust, data-based solutions; and identifies the systemic root causes and recommended actions to prevent problem reoccurrence.
Education, licenses, certifications
To be currently studying a STEM subject at degree level with an allowance for a 12-month industry placement.
Job skill requirements
Experience or knowledge of MATLAB and Simulink; Enthusiasm and aptitude for new product development and continuous improvement; Ability to follow structured problem-solving processes to resolve issues; Knowledge of Engineering standards and ability to apply them.
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, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, and/or expression or other status protected by law.
Qualifications
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
- You will work closely with engineers in the team to learn and then support them
- Development of engine calibration (tuning) using Model in loop as well as Hardware in loop simulation.
- Verification and validation test planning and execution for developed calibration and engine controller.
- Analysing data from test bench and/or vehicles and reporting results, issues, and next steps to the key stakeholders.
- Technical documentation for design reviews part of product development.
- Work in cross-functional teams to development products and resolve issues using industry standard problem-solving techniques.
