Product Engineer

Position: Product Engineer*
Job Description:

Product Engineer

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.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role

As a Product Engineer in Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division, 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:

* Expanding product and process understanding for assigned products and new product development.

* Leading product changes and supporting process changes. Ensuring they are carried out with full knowledge of the implications and according to change control procedures

* Driving new product scale-up and product characterization phase, working closely with the manufacturing teams.

* Creating, reviewing, approving and owning product standards and test methods to support customer or new product development requirements. Driving common product standards across global sites, working with product support teams in other regions

* Assisting the plants with complaint resolution and reduction projects as needed. Using root cause analysis to identify failure modes

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 (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

* 7 years of combined product, materials, and/or process engineering experience in 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 with four (4) years of combined product, materials, and/or process engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment

* Four (4) years of pressure sensitive adhesive experience with formulating, developing or manufacturing in a private, public, government or military environment

* Experience in statistical analysis and utilizing statistical tools

* Excellent communication skills (oral, written, and presentation)

* Experience collaborating with production or enterprise supply chain teams

Work location:

* 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 15% domestic/international

* Relocation:
Not 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 consider you further for this particular position.

Supporting Your Well-being

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.

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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,…