3M Advanced Product Quality Engineer 

United States, Minnesota 

538443812

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As an Advanced Product Quality 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:

• Working with a Quality team that honors diversity and fosters positive global partnerships. Functioning as an effective team leader and collaborator, embracing diversity and multi-cultural global collaboration, and promotes harmonious and efficient working relationships across all functions and divisions.
• Supporting “Quality as a Competitive Advantage” within the division by promoting a customer first and sustainability mindset based on voice of the complaint, risk-based thinking, and error proofing(Plan-Do-Check-Act).
• Driving Design for Quality efforts for new product commercialization and change management projects in collaboration with Lab, Application Development Engineer (ADE), and Manufacturing. Providing expertise in Design Reviews and quality tools [Voice of Customer (VOC), Linear House of Quality (LHOQ), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), control plans, etc.] Ensuring VOC is translated to robust quality plans that are seamlessly executed at the factory level. Negotiating specifications directly with customer and development team.
• Identifying product quality improvement opportunities and Product Process Understanding (PPU) and is efficient in making project proposals, prioritizing, collaborating, and executing priority programs. Identifying and tracking critical Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) [Lean Six Sigma (LSS) savings, COPQ, etc.]
• Providing statistical insights through control chart analysis, manufacturing capability analysis, and experimental designs. Supporting team in efforts in Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Statistical Quality Control (SQC).

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)
• Two (2) years of combined plant experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Quality Engineering and/or Product Engineering (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 Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a STEM related discipline from an accredited institution
• Experience in manufacturing and quality requirements in a high-tech industry (electronics, interconnect, data center, semiconductor, medical, automotive, aerospace, etc.)
• Experience working on a cross-functional team.
• High-Tech industry experience (Electronics, Interconnect, Data Center, Semiconductor, Medical, Automotive and/or Aerospace)
• Expertise with quality engineering tools such as: (Design Reviews, House of Quality, PPU, Statistics, APQP, FMEA, control plans, PPAP, SAP and/or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) documentation systems
• Expertise in statistical insights, including design of experiments, data analysis and software (e.g., Minitab, JMP).
• Experience change management, complaint management, supplier management, auditing [International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001, International Automotive Task Force (IATF)-16949, etc.) and/or Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Certifications in quality engineering, quality auditing or quality management from American Society for Quality-ASQ™ certification(s) such as: Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP)
• Black Belt or Green Belt experience

Work location:

• Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to Maplewood, MN at least 3 days per week)

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

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