Product Engineering Specialist

Product Engineering Specialist Collaborate with Innovative 3

Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3

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

As a Product Engineering Specialist in the Commercial Branding and Transportation Product Platform, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Supporting and executing a series of high priority product development and product improvement projects to deliver our brand promise of innovation and strong reliability. Initial focus will be on products designed for protection and heat mitigation in our space films portfolio.
• Leveraging and collaborating with cross-functional teams including product development, manufacturing, and quality teams to drive commercialization of new products, address issues with current products, and drive continuous improvement.
• Supporting and overseeing change management as related to product design changes driven by product/quality improvement, supply changes, regulatory requirements, and cost reduction.
• Drive continuous improvement mindset by using a multitude of project management and analysis methodologies

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

• Bachelor’s degree (completed and verified prior to start)
• Five (5) year of experience working in a Laboratory, Research & Development or Manufacturing position (private, public, government or military)

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

• Ten (10) years of combined experience in one or more of the following areas:
  Product Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Quality, Manufacturing, New Product Development, Product Commercialization, New Technology Development, Applied Research, Quality and/or Research in a private, public, government or military environment
• Expertise in adjacent area(s) such as coated thin films, optical films, or polymer processing.
• Ability to determine customer needs and tie them to product and process specifications.
• Demonstrated experience resolving product issues by utilizing statistical analysis.
• Self-motivated with work-related leadership abilities and a growth mindset.

• 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 Maplewood, MN

Travel: May include up to 30% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

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

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum).

To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status. The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to…