Specialist Product Engineer - Expanded Beam Optics

Specialist Product Engineer – Expanded Beam Optics

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 environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role As a Product Engineer in 3M's Expanded Beam Optics Business, you will have the opportunity to leverage your curiosity and collaborate with innovative professionals worldwide. You will play a pivotal role in driving growth and making a significant impact through customer collaboration, new application development, and product commercialization. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Optimizing interconnect and EBO products by driving Product and Process Understanding (PPU) efforts, leading strategic projects like raw material substitution, quality improvement, or cost reduction projects across the portfolio, but with an emphasis on ferrules
• Leading/supporting change management process and validating product performance for changes in design, process or raw materials through test plan generation and execution using laboratory equipment
• Ensuring product performance and stability of existing products by leading product improvement projects through design modifications, as needed
• Driving scale-up activities as a core team member for new product introductions
• Maintaining product standards and specifications, owning claims substantiation process
• Collaborating with cross functional teams (product development, application engineering, business, manufacturing and quality teams), global laboratories and manufacturing sites
• Utilizing strong communication skills to inspire, influence, motivate and teach other team members

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 (completed and verified prior to start)
• Seven (7) years of combined product, materials, and/or process engineering experience 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 mechanical engineering or related discipline from an accredited institution
• Experience working in Quality and/or Manufacturing/Production and/or Product Development and/ or Engineering in a private, public, government or military environment supporting connectors and/or optical connectors
• Experience with scaling up technology and/or products to large scale manufacturing, especially injection molding, anti-reflective coating, and/or automation
• Hands-on problem-solving mind set using laboratory equipment
• Strong ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring that critical deadlines are met without compromising quality.
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma, Design of Experiments (DOE), and Statistical Analysis

Location: Austin, TX or Maplewood, MN

• Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week in office.
• Travel: May include up to 10% domestic
• Relocation Assistance: Is not 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.