Senior Specifications Engineer

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. 

•  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. 

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.