Product Developer

Job Description

Collaborate with Innovative 3

Mers 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 3

Mers.

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

• Collaborating with a cross‑functional team to develop high impact innovative abrasives.
• Leveraging new technologies to develop novel, high‑performance abrasive products.
• Applying knowledge of chemistry, chemical engineering, ceramics, or materials science & engineering to solve complex problems.
• Building product concepts to demonstrate feasibility and scaling up into manufacturing.
• Applying technical and leadership skills to impact key projects.
• Utilizing good communication skills to inspire, influence, motivate, and teach other team members.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start).
• Two (2) years of laboratory experience in an academic, private, public, government, or military environment.
• Possess expertise equivalent to an M.S. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Ceramics, or Materials Science & Engineering (additional qualification).
• Experience in new technology and/or product development.
• Experience with various web/film coating processes in the lab and at manufacturing scale.
• Prior successful demonstration of scale‑up of products and technologies to manufacturing scale.

• Experience with development of test methods.
• Experience creating and executing DOEs (design of experiments).
• Familiarity with coated abrasive use and development.
• Experience with continuous curing processes, photochemistry, and curable resin systems.
• Adhesive selection and processing experience.
• Familiarity with plating chemistries.
• Hands‑on, self‑starter approach, with experience troubleshooting equipment and processes.
• Record of effective cross‑functional team collaboration.
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, and presentation).
• Microsoft Office proficient, Minitab or other statistical software is a plus.

• 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.

May be authorized.

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

The expected compensation range for this position is $98,413 - $120,282, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible.

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.

Please note:

your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by uploading a resume or entering the information into the application fields directly.