YDA Manufacturing Engineer - Senior

We are looking for a talented YDA Manufacturing 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:        

• Build Strong Cross-Functional Partnerships: Collaborate effectively with manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, quality, and operations teams to achieve shared business and production objectives. 
• Drive Clear Communication: Deliver timely and effective communication to stakeholders, ensuring manufacturing improvements, project updates, and operational priorities are clearly understood. 
• Champion Safety Excellence: Promote a culture of safety by identifying risks, supporting corrective actions, and contributing to a safe, healthy, and injury-free work environment. 
• Optimize Manufacturing Processes: Apply manufacturing knowledge and engineering drawing interpretation to develop and improve processes that meet product design, quality, and production requirements. 
• Support Equipment & Capital Investments: Participate in the selection, procurement, and implementation of manufacturing equipment that supports operational efficiency, capacity, and business goals. 
• Leverage Data-Driven Manufacturing Solutions: Utilize manufacturing analysis, simulation tools, and performance data to evaluate process changes, reduce risk, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. 
• Enhance Workplace & Process Design: Design and improve workstations, tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing documentation to create safe, ergonomic, standardized, and efficient production environments. 
• Solve Complex Manufacturing Challenges: Apply structured problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes, implement sustainable corrective actions, reduce waste, and improve quality, productivity, and customer outcomes. 

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

• Own YDA Assembly Performance: Take responsibility for manufacturing processes across the YDA axle assembly line, driving improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and equipment reliability. 
• Master DC Tooling & Torque Systems: Utilize hands-on expertise with DC fastening tools, torque strategies, controller integration, and troubleshooting to ensure accurate, reliable, and error-proof assembly operations. 
• Execute Product & Process Changes: Successfully translate BOM, product, and specification changes into manufacturing requirements, ensuring tooling, controls, work instructions, and processes are updated correctly and on schedule. 
• Drive Quality & Continuous Improvement: Lead root-cause analysis, error-proofing initiatives, and corrective actions to improve key performance metrics such as RFT/FPY, downtime, scrap, rework, cycle time, throughput, and overall process capability. 

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. 

• Own and support manufacturing processes across the YDA axle assembly line, including tooling, equipment, workstation design, cycle time optimization, and continuous process improvement initiatives. 
• Apply hands-on expertise with DC fastening tools and torque systems, including controller integration, validation, troubleshooting, error-proofing, and implementation of robust assembly processes. 
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to successfully implement product, BOM, and specification changes by translating requirements into manufacturing processes, tooling updates, controls modifications, and work instruction revisions. 
• Support and maintain manufacturing controls and traceability systems, including PLC/HMI interfaces, Apriso/MES applications, sensors, interlocks, automated testing systems, and production data collection tools. 
• Lead quality improvement efforts through Poka-Yoke implementation, PFMEA development, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement activities focused on reducing defects and variation. 
• Monitor and improve key manufacturing performance indicators, including Right First Time (RFT), First Pass Yield (FPY), downtime, scrap, rework, throughput, cycle time, and overall process capability. 
• Drive initiatives that improve equipment reliability, production efficiency, workplace safety, and operational performance while supporting SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost) objectives. 
• Collaborate across manufacturing, quality, maintenance, controls, and engineering teams to ensure stable production processes, successful product launches, and sustainable long-term improvements.