Mechanical Engineer - Product Development

Mechanical Engineer Product Development

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This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role

As a Product Development Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading the mechanical design and development of the next-generation automated robotic installation tools from concept through production.
• Designing precision mechanisms and assemblies using 3D CAD (e.g., Solid Works).
• Designing mechanical enclosures, components and assemblies.
• Designing for robustness, serviceability, and long-term field reliability.
• Integrating motors, drives, encoders, sensors into robust mechanical assemblies, working closely with electronics and controls engineers.
• Developing motion and actuation concepts and collaborating on servo/torque-motor and control-system integration (e.g., EtherCAT-based motion).
• Performing engineering analysis — tolerance stack-up, kinematics, structural, thermal and load studies — to ensure reliable, manufacturable designs.
• Assembling, characterizing, calibrating and troubleshooting mechanical prototypes and engineering builds, integrating with electrical and control subsystems and iterating toward field-ready products.
• Selecting and specifying mechanical components, materials and finishes, balancing performance, cost and manufacturability.
• Driving product architecture, feasibility studies, prototyping, and engineering verification activities.
• Creating mechanical documentation, including detailed drawings, GD&T, BOMs, and design records.
• Collaborating with manufacturing, suppliers, and external development partners to scale designs into production.
• Interacting with regulatory teams to ensure compliance with applicable safety and machinery standards.
• Generating intellectual property positions, including invention submissions, patents and 3M trade secrets.
• Communicating tests and other program results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Driving the development and commercialization of products to efficiently, reliably and sustainably deliver energy to customers around the world.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (such as Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Robotics Engineering) completed and verified prior to start from an accredited institution.
• Three (3) or more years' experience designing electromechanical or automated equipment from concept through prototype and production.
• Three (3) or more years' experience with 3D mechanical CAD such as Solid Works and engineering documentation including detailed drawings, GD&T, and BOMs.
• Three (3) or more years' experience designing mechanisms, motion systems, and precision assemblies, including integration with motors, actuators, sensors, electronics, and system prototyping/troubleshooting.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or related discipline and from an accredited institution.
• Strong exposure to electronics, robotics and control systems, and their mechanical integration.
• Experience with servo/torque motors, motion control and encoder/feedback mechanisms.
• Experience with robotics, industrial automation equipment, or autonomous systems.
• Experience with GD&T, tolerance analysis and design for manufacturing/assembly (DFM/DFA).
• Experience with FEA (structural, thermal, or modal) and design validation.
• Experience integrating machine-vision cameras, optics and lighting into mechanical assemblies.
• Familiarity with EtherCAT or other industrial fieldbus and machine-control architectures.
• Familiarity with programming and debugging electronic or control systems.
• Familiarity with safety, machinery and regulatory standards (CE, UL, ISO 12100).

Work location:

• This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Austin, TX.
• Travel:
  May include up to 15% domestic or international
• Relocation:
  May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).