Product Developer

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 Developer, 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:

• Collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop high impact innovative abrasives.  Engaging with product developers, engineers, and other technicians to complete product and prototype testing and providing data and observations.

• Experiments with various test methods to determine the optimum test procedures or approaches.

• Maintaining a safe and organized work environment.  Following all safety and compliance requirements, and department policies

• Obtains and produces lab samples needed for testing. Interprets, evaluates, and communicates project status and test results to customers through appropriate documentation.

• Prioritizes, schedules, and conducts complex tests and experiments with minimal supervision.

• Record keeping and communication of technical work and results and contributing to documentation of intellectual property. Prepares and maintains laboratory records. 

• Improving the operational safety and efficiency of the labs by identifying and implementing improvement opportunities

• Assures availability of raw materials by maintaining and ordering supplies used in testing.

• Following and developing standard operating procedures and process documentation

Your Skills and Expertise 

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

• High school diploma or GED equivalent (verified prior to start)

• Five (5) years of laboratory experience in an academic, private, public, government, or military environment.

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

• Associates' degree in  (completed and verified prior to start)

• Seven (7) years of laboratory experience in an academic, private, public, government, or military environment.

• Prior industry experience, with demonstration of new technology and/or product development.

• Hands-on, self-starter approach, with experience troubleshooting equipment and processes.

• Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis

• Experience with development of test methods.

• Ability and desire to excel in a highly interdisciplinary, team-oriented work environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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 5% domestic travel

Relocation: May be authorized

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