3M Senior Research Chemist 

United States, Minnesota 

551948670

Job Title

Senior Research Chemist

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Senior Research Chemist, 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:

• Synthesizing and characterizing specialty monomers, additives, fillers and polymers to drive differentiated performance in 3M products

• Collaborating with 3M partners to apply newly developed chemistry to 3M product roadmaps and then scaling qualified chemistries with 3M’s chemical manufacturing teams

• Authoring technical reports, patents and research proposals. Maintaining electronic laboratory notebook records of test conditions, results and observations. Summarizing experimental data using Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel or other software applications. Presenting at team meetings.

• Safely maintaining an organic chemistry laboratory

• Other duties as assigned

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Ph.D. (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

• Five (5) years of laboratory environment experience in an academic, private, public, government or military environment

• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Ph.D. or Post-Doc in Chemistry (completed and verified prior to start) froman accredited institution with a focus on small molecule or polymers organi synthesis, methodology development or materials synthesis.

• Experience working with diverse teams including external partners

• Authoring scientific publications and/or patents

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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