Job description
The Product Engineer role in Rocky Mount, NC, serves as a vital link between Product Engineering and various cross-functional teams, focusing on resolving immediate production issues while ensuring product quality. The position involves leading short-term solutions to design-related concerns and supporting long-term design improvements. The engineer will represent Product Engineering during critical reviews and investigations, ensuring sound technical assessments guide decision-making. This dynamic role is ideal for someone who thrives in collaborative environments and is passionate about influencing production flow and customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or an appropriate STEM field is required.
- Strong CAD/3D modeling skills are required.
- Formal problem-solving and troubleshooting skills are necessary.
- Hands-on mechanical experience, either professional or hobby level, is a plus.
- Component design and validation experience is a plus.
- Must be comfortable in a highly collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead short-term resolution of product design issues.
- Recommend and initiate projects implementing permanent design fixes.
- Prioritize and address immediate problems impacting engine production.
- Represent Product concerns during machining component non-conformance investigations.
- Ensure qualified assessment of risk to product during quality crisis management.
- Support product quality investigations of field issues and supplier quality misses.
- Collaborate with technical managers and project leaders to deliver sound technical recommendations.
Benefits
- Employees at Cummins are often offered comprehensive benefits that support financial wellness (retirement savings/401(k) or pension options and profit-sharing), health and wellness (medical, dental, life insurance, FSAs), and professional growth through training and tuition reimbursement—sometimes including full education funding. Work-life perks commonly include paid vacation and holidays, parental leave and adoption assistance, flexible work arrangements, inclusion-focused programs, and paid volunteer time to give back to the community.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Cummins Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
130
FY2026
Approval rate
97.3%
FY2026
LCA certified
351
FY2026
Entry-level share
3.4%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-24%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-56%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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