Product Quality Engineering Specialist

Job Description:

Product Quality 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.

• Driving Quality tools in NPI to accelerate projects while mitigating risk by ensuring consumer needs are met, test methods are robust, specifications are well defined, and manufacturing processes are capable

• Supporting laboratory, products, processes, and systems such as addressing customer complaints and working with the team on corrective actions

• Supporting and interacting with customers and consumers through complaint investigations, resolution, and trending including monthly Quality Dashboard reports

• Troubleshooting, investigating, and analyzing for non-conforming product testing and disposition

• Driving existing product quality enhancement through use of continuous improvement methods and tools, such as:
  Product and Process Understanding (PPU), Design of Experiments (DOE), Six Sigma and Quality at the Source

• Ensuring commercialized product design intent and product integrity is retained as materials, processes, methods, and specifications change

• Supporting change as it relates to design changes inspired by quality improvement, source of supply changes, or cost reduction efforts

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

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)

• Five (5) years of combined experience Quality Engineering, Product/Process Engineering or similar, Supplier Management, Quality Management Systems, Six Sigma, Statistical Analysis and/or Design Control within a private, public, government, or military environment

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

• Master’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

• Experience working with ISO
  9001:2015

• Experience working with suppliers in a quality improvement capacity

• Experience with statistical analysis

• Manufacturing experience

• ASQ certification

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:
The expected compensation range for this position is $145,676 - $178,049, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.).

Additional information is available at:  Good Faith Posting Date Range 07/22/2026 To 08/21/2026 Or until filled

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are…