Product Engineer - Aerospace

Product Engineering Specialist

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You'll Make In This Role

As a Product 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:

• Supports the development and maintenance of existing & new products for aerospace sealants, structural adhesive pastes, and films within the Advanced Materials and Transportation Product Platform.
• Leads programs to improve quality, reduce costs, qualify alternate source-of-supply and expand product offerings to continue strong growth in the 3M Aerospace & Defense business.
• Leads, alongside cross functional team, key Change Management Projects (CMP) for existing products and product line extensions.
• Supports New Product Introduction (NPI) teams to drive implementation and launch.
• Supports quality and plant team in customer complaint resolution and product & process understanding (PPU).

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 chemistry or an engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start)
• Three (3) years of Product Engineering and/or Product Development experience in a private, public, government or military environment

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

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Materials, Polymer, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Five (5) years of product engineering, process engineering, project engineering, project management, and/or research laboratory experience in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Interpersonal skills, including working with plant professionals, global laboratory, and business team personnel.
• Experience with curable materials, including adhesives and sealants and polysulfide, epoxy, and acrylic chemistries.
• Experience with coating processes, radiation processing, and/or extrusion processing.
• Experience in regulated product categories with expertise in product risk assessments, product safety, and product reliability.

Work location:

• This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

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

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.