Senior Product Engineer - Expanded Beam Optics
About The Position
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers 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 3Mers. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career. The Impact You’ll Make in this Role As a Product Engineer in 3M’s Expanded Beam Optics Business, you will have the opportunity to leverage your curiosity and collaborate with innovative professionals worldwide. You will play a pivotal role in driving growth and making a significant impact through customer collaboration, new application development, and product commercialization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in science or engineering field (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
- Four (4) years of combined product, materials, and/or process engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or higher studying chemistry, physics, or optics or related discipline from an accredited institution
- Experience working in Quality and/or Manufacturing/Production and/or Product Development and/ or Engineering in a private, public, government or military environment supporting connectors and/or optical connectors or optical ferrules
- Experience with scaling up technology and/or products to large scale manufacturing, especially optical materials or coatings
- Hands-on problem solving mind set using laboratory equipment
- Strong ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring that critical deadlines are met without compromising quality.
- Experience with Lean Six Sigma, Design of Experiments (DOE), and Statistical Analysis
Responsibilities
- Optimizing interconnect products and ferrules by driving Product and Process Understanding (PPU) efforts, leading strategic projects like raw material substitution, quality improvement, or cost reduction projects
- Leading/supporting change management process and validating product performance for changes in design, process or raw materials through test plan generation and execution using optical laboratory equipment
- Ensuring product performance and stability of existing products by leading product improvement projects through design modifications, as needed
- Driving scale-up activities as a core team member for new product introductions
- Maintaining product standards and specifications, owning claims substantiation process
- Collaborating with cross functional teams (product development, application engineering, business, manufacturing and quality teams), global laboratories and manufacturing sites
- Utilizing strong communication skills to inspire, influence, motivate and teach other team members
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Accounts
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Disability Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits
- Paid Absences
- Retirement Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
