Global Quality Engineering Specialist

Global Quality Engineer

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 Global Quality Engineer for the Advanced Materials and Transportation Product Platform (AMTPP), 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 quality for New Product Introduction (NPI) teams in the automotive industry. Providing input or leading HOQ/DQM, MSA, product qualifications, PPAP, PFMEA/DFMEA, and phase gate quality preparation etc.
• Assuring compliance to 3M Code of Conduct, external regulations, customer requirements, internal requirement, and industry standards (ISO9001, IATF16949 or other).
• Supporting existing product evolution and improvement through change management (CMP).
• Analyzing information using statistical techniques to drive data driven decisions by being a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in statistical techniques.
• Promoting continuous improvement and defect reduction through root cause investigation, CAPA, kaizen, 8D, FMEA, MSA and Control Plans.
• Reviewing customer product complaints for timely customer feedback and resolution.
• Supporting global customer account teams and responding to quality inquiries.
• Collaborating with business leaders in supply chain, manufacturing, laboratory, quality, and sales to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
• Providing support to appropriate plant locations to leverage common systems and processes.
• Aligning customer scorecard Key Performance Indicators (KPI) with internal metrics.
• Participating in internal and external quality system audits.
• Supporting export-controlled products (US Citizenship is required).

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 in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) (completed and verified prior to start)
• Five (5) years combined Quality Engineering, Product Engineering, and/or Manufacturing engineering experience within a private, public, government or military environment.
• Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
• Degreed Statistician searching for a new career opportunity.
• Experience with LEAN Six Sigma methodology and use of quality/statistical tools
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) certification such as Quality Engineer (CQE) or willingness to obtain.
• Experience demonstrating 8D/5Why problem solving approach/methodology, knowledge of automotive Core Tools (PPAP, APQP, MSA, SPC, FMEA).
• IATF or VDA Certified Auditor in the last 3 years.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Strong analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead and be a contributing member of cross functional global teams.

Work location: on-site 4 days a week + Maplewood, MN (preferred) or Austin, TX

Travel: May include up to 25% 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).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum. To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates’ U.S. person status. The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

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.

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.