Application Engineering Specialist

Job Description:

Application Engineering Specialist - Industrial Adhesives & Tapes Division (IATD)

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 Senior Application 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:

* Driving core and new Industrial Adhesives and Tapes structural adhesives product penetration to win new bonding applications in the Industrial marketplace.

* Developing new application solutions aligned to customer needs.

* Lead voice of customer efforts to support new product development programs.

* Identify and communicate future market trends and product needs for structural adhesives.

* Support creation of database for FEA calculations of structural adhesives.

* Creating new application demonstration tools.

* Training customers, sales reps, and international colleagues.

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 or higher in a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start)

* Four (4) years laboratory environment experience in a private, public, government or military environment

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

* Bachelor's degree or higher in Polymer/Plastics Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution

* Two (2) plus year experience working with adhesives

* Proficient in adhesive test methods and quality systems

* Experience in adhesive dispensing/automation equipment

* Excellent organizational skills

* Strong problem solving / troubleshooting skills

* Strong people skills and ability to influence, collaborate, and work with cross-functional team

* Self-directed and internally motivated with proven leadership skills

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 25% domestic/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).

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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