Senior Product Engineer - Expanded Beam Optics

3M • Austin, TX

1d • Onsite

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees