Job Description:

Product Engineering Manager, Graphic Films Product Engineering

 

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 Engineering Manager, Graphic Films Product Engineering 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:

• Leading the St. Paul laboratory-based Graphic Films Product Engineering team, providing day-to-day supervision, local leadership, and coordination for product engineers, technical personnel, contingent workers, and supporting engineering resources.
• Establishing clear priorities, ownership, deliverables, timelines, and escalation paths to strengthen workflow discipline, resource utilization, team effectiveness, and execution accountability.
• Providing technical direction and product engineering oversight for product performance, product maintenance, product support, cost-improvement activities, testing priorities, technical investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
• Partnering with global leadership, including the Senior Manager based in Germany, and cross-functional stakeholders to align local execution with global product engineering, business, quality, safety, and operational priorities.
• Driving continuous improvement in technical workflows, documentation practices, team routines, operating rhythms, responsiveness, and overall laboratory and product engineering execution effectiveness.

 

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)
• Five (5) years of experience in product engineering, laboratory operations, technical operations, manufacturing support, R&D, product support, or technical environment in a private, public, government, or military environment.

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

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related technical field, completed and verified prior to start, or equivalent practical experience.
• Formal supervisory or people leadership experience in a technical, laboratory, product engineering, product support, or R&D environment.
• Experience supporting root cause analysis, corrective actions, structured problem-solving, technical investigations, testing, scale-up, qualification, validation, engineering change, or lifecycle management activities.
• Demonstrated success improving workflow, resource utilization, operating discipline, documentation practices, team execution effectiveness, or technical work processes.
• Experience leading, coordinating, or supervising technical teams, technicians, contractors, engineers, or cross-functional technical resources.
• Experience establishing priorities, coordinating resources, creating clarity around ownership and deliverables, and driving execution in a multi-project technical environment.
• Experience working in a laboratory, engineering, R&D, manufacturing support, technical service, or product support environment.
• Strong communication, organizational, stakeholder management, coaching, and influencing skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed global organization across functions, geographies, and time zones.

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 15% domestic/international      

Relocation: 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.

 

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $164,612 - $201,193, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 11/10/2026 To 12/10/2026 Or until filled

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