Sr Product Development Engineer

Job Description :

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 diversity 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

The person hired for this position will join the Personal Safety Division and will be part of a team of engineers who design and develop innovative and high-quality respiratory solutions for our customers to protect people.

The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) developed by this team are Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) and Reusable Respirators.

These respiratory products will utilize various forms of mechanical systems, filter medias, electronics-based hardware, sensors and software technologies.

In this world class team, you will have the opportunity to view your time as an investment in your future, to grow and become a PPE product development leader.

As a Sr Product Development 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 sorbent media for respiratory applications.
• Developing sustainable gas and vapor filtration technologies and materials for air purifying respirators.
• Supporting the hardgoods lab with various testing, experiments, maintenance, repair, calibration, and hazard reviews.
• Planning and managing work to meet project plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Communicating progress and issues to key stakeholders to ensure alignment and support.
• Developing clear and concise technical specifications and documentation.
• Having a hands-on approach to creating physical functional objects; performing all steps required in taking a design from concept through production, from component and material selection through processing and manufacturing.

Your Skills and Expertise

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

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) in an engineering discipline from an accredited institution and a minimum of (6) years of experience in chemical engineer or chemistry R&D in a public, private or military environment.
• P.H.D in a chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science engineering or chemistry field.

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

• Experience or advanced degree in organometallic, inorganic, catalyst background and training.
• Experience in filtration with carbon mixtures, natural organic and inorganic insoluble materials for removal of pollutants and chemical materials.
• Experience working with air or water filtration systems
• Experience with process technologies such as injection molding, extrusion or near net-shape forming
• Experience with Rapid Prototyping and 3D printers in manufacturing engineering, process or product engineering
• 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.

Travel : May include up to 15% domestic and 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.