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# Electronic Systems Engineer - Software

- **Company:** Cummins, Inc.
- **Location:** Columbus, IN, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Static Program Analysis, Computer Programming, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Knowledge Management, Simulink, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Integration Frameworks, Software Performance
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a21bb71c2ef4376a

## About the Role

* Strong Software Engineering & Diagnostic Skills: You'll need the ability to investigate software issues, understand causal mechanisms, recommend corrective actions, and use coding, compiling, static analysis, integration tools, and HIL environments to deliver verified, high-quality software builds.
 * Systems-Level Decision-Making: Success requires applying systems knowledge to make sound choices in requirements, architecture, design, and testing-decisions that directly influence software performance, product quality, and cross-BU integration.
 * Collaboration & Cross-Functional Influence: You'll rely on effective communication and teamwork to gather input, coordinate with product and software teams, guide technicians or student contributors, and contribute meaningfully to shared goals.
 * Process Discipline & Independent Execution: You'll need the ability to execute established development processes independently, improve tools and workflows, manage ambiguity in moderately complex systems, and steadily build proficiency while influencing team outcomes.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent Bachelor's degree in Engineering or appropriate STEM field is required.

Post-graduate (Master's) degree relevant to this discipline area may be required for select roles.

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

Entry level/Early career professional. Preferred candidates would have relevant experience working in either a temporary student employment environment (intern, co-op, or other extracurricular team activities) or as an early career professional in a relevant technical discipline area. Knowledge of MS Office tools is also preferred

 * Core responsibilities of this position include embedded microcontroller software development and CAN, CAN-FD, and J1939 message interpretation and analysis.
 * Core skills required for this position include software programming in C and the ability to read and interpret Matlab Simulink models and resulting code generated from those models.
 * Preferred skills include CAN, CAN-FD, and J1939 message interpretation and analysis.

## Description

* Strengthen Product Reliability: Mitigate failure modes by identifying critical interfaces, functions, interactions, and risks to improve long-term product robustness.
 * Shape Design Through Simulation: Influence product decisions by modeling and analyzing system, subsystem, and component behavior to predict performance and guide architecture.
 * Architect Scalable Product Platforms: Develop holistic product platforms, evaluate architectural trade-offs, and maintain traceable plans that align future products with market needs.
 * Deliver High-Quality Software: Build and verify software using strong engineering principles, ensuring updates are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with product requirements.
 * Lead Verification & Validation Strategy: Create and manage validation plans, assess risk, interpret analytical and physical test results, and recommend solutions that ensure requirement compliance.
 * Define and Govern System Requirements: Translate stakeholder needs into verifiable requirements, manage lifecycle changes, and maintain the linkages that keep teams aligned and designs on track.
 * Apply Systems Thinking to Improve Outcomes: Analyze interactions across the system to predict behavior, refine designs, and drive modifications that deliver the intended product effects.
 * Drive Collaboration and Technical Clarity: Partner across functions, communicate effectively, apply statistical methods, solve problems with rigor, and document insights to elevate organizational knowledge.