3M Product Engineering Specialist 

United States, Texas, Austin 

882705192

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Product Engineering Specialist, 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:

• Supporting and contributing as a technical lead for products, processes, and sustaining activities with expertise in the area of Energy Markets (cable accessories for medium and high voltage applications).

• Exploration and sustaining of technologies, processes, and approaches supporting accelerated business growth, quality, and sustainability.

• Interfacing with cross-functional team members (marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, technical service, quality, regulatory, etc.) to ensure successful program delivery.

• Leading technical interactions with cross-functional teams including corporate labs, division labs, manufacturing plants, and other groups to support technologies, processes, and materials focusing on Energy Markets.

• Travel occasionally to our manufacturing facilities to develop, validate process, improve product/process performance, and validate material specification.

• Contributing to change management as it relates to product/process changes driven by product modification, life cycle management, product/quality improvement, supply changes, regulatory requirements, and cost reduction.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve complex problems and to apply/implement new or modified products/processes.

• Multitasking and prioritizing various projects, as needed.

• May review intellectual property positions at the business level, including proprietary advances, ROI's, patents, trade secrets.

• Role focused on Energy Markets with a requirement to become familiar with various portfolios in the division.

• Interfacing with suppliers and service providers on production and product changes

Your Skills and Expertise

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 Engineering or Science discipline like Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Electrical/Power Engineering and/or Physics (completed and verified prior to start)

• Three (3) years of experience with manufacturing technologies like extrusion and molding 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 higher in an engineering discipline or a physical science. Experience with adhesives and tape backings. This includes knowledge and experience in the following: performance, testing, manufacturing processes, and performance simulation tools.
• Experience in developing and testing medium voltage cable accessories
• Experience with electrical and mechanical testing of medium voltage components and materials
• Experience with EPDM and silicone formulation and processing technologies
• Experience with 3M manufacturing operations. Experience with developing material standards and specifications – membership or activity with standards-setting organizations like ASTM and Underwriters Laboratory.
• Familiar with PLM system for: RM substitutions (and the 3M change management process), NPI process, SKU creation, BOM creation, PFMEA, DFMEA, HOQ, test method development.
• Knowledge of statistics and experience with: MSAs, capability studies, data analysis (e.g., in Minitab or Excel), root cause analysis, Six Sigma.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision (self-motivated) and in teams.
• Ability to conform to shifting demands, timelines, and priorities.
• Willingness to travel (within the US mainly).
• Protect 3M Intellectual Property through the understanding and appropriate use of competitive technology awareness, government regulation awareness, supplier/consultant agreements, records of invention, patents, technical notebooks, and technical reports.

Hybrid 4 days per week local

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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