Product Engineering Support Specialist

Job Description:

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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 Product Engineering Support, 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 contributing as a technical lead for products, processes, and sustaining activities including:

Exploration and sustaining of technologies, processes, and approaches supporting accelerated business growth, quality, and sustainability.

Interfacing with cross-functional team members (marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, technical service, quality, regulatory, etc.) to ensure successful program delivery.

Leading technical interactions with cross-functional teams including corporate labs, division labs, manufacturing plants, other groups to support technologies, and processes.

Travel occasionally to our manufacturing facilities to develop, validate processes, improve product/process performance, and validate material specification.

Contributing to change management as it relates to product/process changes driven by product modification, life cycle management, product/quality improvement, supply changes, regulatory requirements, and cost reduction.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and solve complex problems and to apply/implement new or modified products/processes.

Multitasking and prioritizing various projects, as needed.

May review intellectual property positions at the business level, including proprietary advances, ROI's, patents, and trade secrets.

Becoming familiar with various portfolios in the division.

Interfacing with suppliers and service providers on production and product changes.

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 an engineering or science (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.

Two (2) years of experience with manufacturing technologies like extrusion and molding 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 in an engineering discipline or a physical science.

Experience with adhesives and tape backings. This includes knowledge and experience in the following: performance, testing, manufacturing processes, and performancesimulation tools.

Experience in developing and testing medium voltage cable accessories

Experience with electrical and mechanical testing of medium voltage components and materials

Experience with EPDM and silicone formulation and processing technologies

Experience with 3M manufacturing operations.

Experience with developing material standards and specifications – membership or activity with standards-setting organizations like ASTM and Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Familiar with PLM system for: RM substitutions (and the 3M change management process), NPI process, SKU creation, BOM creation, PFMEA, DFMEA, HOQ, and test method development.

Knowledge of statistics and experience with: MSAs, capability studies, data analysis (e.g., in Minitab…