Product Developer
Listed on 2026-08-17
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Engineering
Research Scientist, Process Engineer
Job Description Job Title Product Developer 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 diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3
Mers.
As a Product Developer, 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
- Collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop high impact innovative abrasives.
- Leveraging new technologies to develop novel, high-performance abrasive products.
- Applying scientific and engineering knowledge to solve complex problems.
- Building product concepts to demonstrate feasibility and partnering with manufacturing to scale up to launched products.
- Applying technical and leadership skills to generate project scopes, plans, and design of experiments.
- Strengthening 3M’s proprietary position through development of intellectual property.
- Utilizing good communication skills to inspire, influence, motivate and teach other team members.
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 in a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited university.
- Eight (8) years of technology or product development experience with nonwovens, composites, and/or abrasives, in a private, public, government or military environment.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Ph.D. with technical expertise in polymers, abrasives, or nonwovens.
- Technical expertise in urethane, epoxy, or phenolic chemistries and chemicals.
- Comfort in hands-on experimentation, working with wet chemistries, and coating and web handling equipment in the lab and at manufacturing scale.
- Experience in technology or product development, including phase-gate commercialization processes and prior successful demonstration of scale-up to manufacturing scale.
- Experience in IP generation and strategy.
- Ability to self-initiate, develop, direct, and complete projects with significant impact to 3M.
- Experience with creating and executing DOEs (design of experiments) and use of analytical techniques in experimentation.
- Record of effective cross-functional team collaboration.
- Skills include excellent written and verbal communication, networking, interpersonal and leadership skills.
- 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.
May include up to 10% domestic/international
Relocation AssistanceNot authorized.
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status). Supporting Your Well-being3M 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.
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Applicable to US Applicants OnlyThe expected compensation range for this position is $164,612 - $201,193, 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…
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