3M Senior Research Engineer 

United States, Minnesota, Maplewood 

813296169

Job Title

Sr Research Engineer*

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Sr Research Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most creative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Designing, developing, and commercializing new filtration media for respiratory applications.
• Developing sustainable particulate filtration technologies and materials for respiratory protection
• Developing understanding for, and work to optimize, filter media charging processes.
• Designing and carrying out studies, analyzing data and writing reports.
• Planning and managing work to meet project plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Communicating progress and issues to key stakeholders to ensure alignment and support.
• Working with PSD product engineers, corporate materials and process experts, and business manufacturing engineers to bring a technology from the lab bench to full manufacturing implementation.
• Monitoring, analyzing, and assessing external-to-3M filtration technologies and filtration technology trends to ensure awareness of all relevant scientific, engineering, and product development work in this field.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) in an engineering or scientific discipline from an accredited institution
• Two (2) years of experience in a chemistry, chemical engineering, or materials science engineering in a private, public, government or military environment

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

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a relevant field
• Five (5) years or more of experience in a chemistry, chemical engineering, or materials science engineering
• Experience in filtration and processes to manufacture filtration media.
• Experience working with air or water filtration systems
• Experience with process technologies such as extrusion and blown microfiber processes

• Skilled in the art of efficient problem solving when minimal information is available.
• Understanding of intellectual property and internal drive to innovate

• Demonstrated scientific excellence as evidenced by publications and presentations.
• Candidate should have a "hands on, self-starter" orientation to their work, have broad interests and willingness to explore new areas well outside and around conventionally established chemistry, physics, materials or mechanical engineering roles.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

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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