About The Position

As a Product Engineer in 3M’s Interconnect Business, you will have the opportunity to leverage your curiosity and collaborate with a group of 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 (completed and verified prior to start)
  • 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 in mechanical engineering or related science 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
  • Experience with scaling up technology and/or products to large scale manufacturing, especially injection molding
  • 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 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 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

Number of Employees

5,001-10,000 employees

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