At Cummins, we empower everyone to grow their careers through meaningful work, coaching, development and opportunities to make a difference and an impact on the world. Across our entire organization, you'll find engineers, developers, and technicians who are innovating, designing, testing, and building. You'll also find accountants, marketers, as well as manufacturing, quality and supply chain specialists who are working with technology that's just as innovative and advanced.
We are a truly global company where you can find your fit and make serious contributions. From our internships to our senior leadership roles, we attract, hire and reward the best and brightest from around the world and look to them for new ideas and fresh perspectives.
Student Opportunities
Whether it’s an internship in India, co-op in Connecticut, summer placement in the U.K, or your first day on the job, joining Cummins in any capacity means working alongside, learning from, and exchanging ideas with some of the best and brightest minds around. Our student programs allow you to continually grow, contribute, discover and learn – all while doing meaningful work that impacts our business and helps power the world.
At Cummins, you’ll have chances to try new things – whether taking on a new project or networking. Your manager will encourage you to take charge of your own future. And you'll work with experienced mentors who value your enthusiasm, creativity and ambitions. This is an exciting time where you have your whole career ahead of you. You want to choose an innovative and progressive company that develops the skills and experience you need to succeed, achieve and excel – both today and in the future. You’ll find all this and more at Cummins.
The Cummins Internship Program provides a meaningful opportunity for college and university students to accomplish real world projects in a professional environment, Here, you'll work closely with your hiring manager to complete a pre-determined scope of work and present your findings to our team at the end of your analysis. Throughout the internship, you’ll be challenged to apply your best knowledge and to demonstrate your strength to achieve our business strategy together with your colleagues.
U.S., Canada, Middle East and South America
The Cummins Co-Op Program for university and college students is an opportunity to enhance your skillset through a combination of classroom and full-time employment. You’ll merge your understanding of both theory and practical application through continuous work on real-world projects. As your understanding grows beyond the traditional internship, you’ll enjoy rotational experiences that help you clearly define where to advance your career.
U.K. and Europe
Our 12-month industrial placement scheme for undergraduates has been established for more than 20 years and is featured on a regular basis in the Rate My Placement Top Employer guide. Choosing Cummins will open up many opportunities for you. With positions available across all functional areas, we offer a wide range of training in skills that are both technical and transferable. Along with a mentor for the year, you’ll be given real responsibility along with the chance to run your own projects within your function area.
As an experienced professional who has taken a break from the workforce, this is your opportunity to re-engage your skills and re-power your career. Co-sponsored with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) + iRelaunch STEM Re-entry Task Force Initiative, the program will give participants the opportunity to use their specialist expertise, interests and abilities as they take part in training, coaching, and development and networking events. Successful participants may be eligible for full-time employment opportunities upon completion of the program.
Learn more about our program criteria for the US and UK Programs by downloading the brochures below:
Cummins apprentices gain the extraordinary opportunity to work alongside and learn from Cummins' most outstanding technicians in the field, but also get an education at the same time. With opportunities ranging from heavy-diesel focus to power generation focus and everything in between, you're sure to get a hands-on education supported by cutting edge technology.
Training program details vary by region and location. Learn more about programs in:
You will learn and help service, maintenance, troubleshooting and diagnosing our engines in support of our customers. This apprentice program focuses on developing your analytical, personal and technical skills. In each year of the program, you will receive both on-site and online training (up to 300 hours a year) in partnership with accredited regional and/or technical schools.
You will learn and help with product testing, component prototypes and support for scientific and engineering development of new platforms and engine technology. This apprentice program focuses on developing your engineering, personal and technical skills.
In addition to on-the-job training, you will receive online, hands-on classroom training that will put you at the forefront of technology. On a daily basis, you will work with experienced technicians on a wide variety of engine platforms and equipment.
Our extraordinary technology needs extraordinary technicians – and that’s what you will become through our apprentice programs.
Top students at approved technical colleges, or strong candidates with related work experience, including military training, can take their technology skills to the next level at Cummins Technician University. Our training programs are designed to provide rigorous, in-depth training on many of the products offered by Cummins and supported by our network of service locations. Both programs are currently being offered to diesel engine technology students who have completed a qualifying diesel technology program at an approved institution.
Training program details vary by region and location.
At Cummins, we lead the way when it comes to engine and component technology. Product technology updates mean new training, new challenges and lots of variety. No sooner have we designed a new market-leading product, for a train, a power generator, a boat or a huge mining drill, then we’re looking for ways to improve on it.
Our field and shop service technicians enjoy the stability that comes with working for an industry leader and the flexibility of a diverse work environment. Your day may include uploading and testing the latest ECM codes, tweaking the idle on an RV generator, or rebuilding a 30-liter engine. Whether you’re in the shop or out in the field, you’ll be part of a team that pulls together to give our customers the very best service - every time.
Colleges and universities are a great place to meet talented candidates seeking opportunities to grow their careers as well as their communities. We recruit graduates in technical degree programs to support our "hire-to-develop" strategy. But we also seek out candidates from other disciplines such as finance, human resources, business, and marketing. Your career path can be virtually unlimited here, exploring a wide range of opportunities that continue to evolve as we expand our business globally.
We strive every day to be a place where people can build a career and not just be a stop along their career journey. Beginning work in your local market will enable you to gain great experience that strengthens your personal and professional development. As your professional skill set flourishes over time, you can change business units, accept special assignments, move into leadership and discover amazing career options all around the world. At Cummins, global opportunity means you’ll find us just about everywhere.
Find your fit at Cummins
From your first day at Cummins, we’re focused on understanding your talents, current skills and future goals – and creating a plan to get you there. Your journey begins with planning your development and connecting to diverse experiences designed to stretch your limits. You’ll receive team feedback about your future aspirations and an action plan of challenges to expand your horizons.
We also operate under the belief that everyone’s desk is a help desk. This means you’ll work with talented innovators who are not only tops in their field – they’re approachable, friendly and happy to take the time to mentor, teach and pass on their experience.
Professional development
At Cummins, your development begins the moment you walk in the door. With opportunities for advancement, on-the-job training, in-person and virtual training, your growth is unlimited. We also have several formal Development Programs, which offer opportunities to hone key skills.
Getting involved
We encourage our team to get involved in our Employee Resource Groups. With more than 150 ERGs globally, you’ll quickly connect to our culture, company, mission and values.
Diversity in action
At Cummins, we know diverse teams go further. As a new hire, you’ll experience Spectrum Diversity Training that highlights how our differences make us better.
Living local
We’re proud of our hometown. Columbus, Indiana is nested in the heart of the Midwest with easy access to surrounding metropolitan areas. Our culture, community and way of life is just the beginning of what it means to be living local.
Outstanding opportunities the world over
At Cummins, we make the best diesel engine products on earth - period. In order to maintain our unmatched quality and innovation, we hire the best and brightest from all over the world. And we're always searching for new ideas and viewpoints from a diverse group of fresh talent. It's part of our commitment to building partnerships with our people, our customers, our environment and our communities. We offer exciting opportunities including (but not limited to) the following areas:
For Cummins, innovation is part of our DNA. We have led our industries by consistently challenging the impossible and having a constant focus on technological innovation. From clean diesel and zero-emissions natural gas engines, to electric, hybrid and alternative fuel powertrain technologies, the world looks to Cummins and our employees for maximum efficiency, performance and ingenuity.
No one has more experience converting energy into power, shaping big ideas into real solutions or transforming ambitions into triumphs than we do. For over 100 years, Cummins technology has powered success around the world and around the clock.
Accelera is a business segment within Cummins and an energy technology brand that provides a diverse portfolio of zero-emission solutions for the world’s most economically vital industries, empowering them to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future. Accelera is focused on zero-emission technologies and solutions.
The next big thing in engine technology
Digital Accelerator and Advanced Analytics
Cummins' Digital Accelerator functions as our own tech startup, with strategic access to Fortune 150 resources and talents. Steering the innovation of new experiences for customers, Digital Accelerator is boldly transforming Cummins into a modern and agile technology company. Through the conception, build and launch of inspiring digital solutions, the unique hub of vision and creativity leverages open architecture, connectivity, big data, advanced analytics, internet-of-things, edge computing and more, to drive the company forward on its journey towards smart technologies.
The Cummins Advanced Analytics organization uses the latest methods and technologies in statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to take on major challenges and opportunities for Cummins and our customers. We help our customers achieve greater equipment uptime and lower cost of operation while optimizing internal company operations like engineering and manufacturing. Our advanced analytics algorithms and models are becoming a core part of Cummins physical and digital products every day.
Leaper X is a collaborative experiment that includes a web-based mobile application powered by Cummins and a small trial fleet of designated campus shuttles and buses at Purdue University in Indiana. Using the app, individuals can self-select how, when, and where they use Purdue’s campus transportation services.
Working in Digital Accelerator and Advanced Analytics
Digital Accelerator and Advanced Analytics
“My career at Cummins has enabled me to learn about the data logged from various control devices and how data analysis can help provide insights to support business decisions. The Advanced Analytics team provides a platform to combine data from different sources while providing common business terminology, which helps in decision making, improving business and providing the greatest edge over the competitors. I am excited to be a part of this team.” - Shivani K, Data Engineering Technical Specialist
Digital Accelerator and Advanced Analytics
“Advanced Analytics has brought me closer to Cummins' core business than any other team I have worked in. Our work directly impacts the company's bottom line by solving complex business problems using advanced analytics, whether it's by improving product quality or creating new opportunities for revenue. The use cases are endless, and it feels great to be able to provide value to our brand promise.” - Himanshu G, Analytics & Data Management Technical Advisor
Digital Accelerator and Advanced Analytics
“Digital Accelerator is an exciting opportunity for me to be a trailblazer, to be an entrepreneur. We act like a start-up inside Cummins. Digital Accelerator has allowed me to expand my knowledge in the digital space, Digital is helping Cummins to enhance our products, enhance our customer’s efficiencies or improving our internal processes.” - Al B, Innovation Director
Our Digital Accelerator and Advanced Analytics teams are looking for top digital talent with creativity, technological savvy, and strategic mindsets. Are you ready to live out your passion to create new digital products and be part of the team that will transform the future of Cummins. Whether you're a visionary, software guru, or an expert in commercialization, a role in Cummins Digital Technologies goes beyond your typical IT career. If you want to be part of the next era of digital that will power the world, search our open roles now.