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Electronics Product Development Engineer
3M Company · 🇺🇸 US, Texas, Austin
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 17 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What 3M Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Software Development Engineer” (Software Developers) in MN: $142k–$226k, median $184k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — 3M Company
The US Department of Labor certified 17 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description: Electromechanical Product Development Engineer 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 Development Engineer, 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: • Lead the design and development of next-generation electromechanical systems for cable preparation and installation platforms. • Design analog, digital and mixed-signal circuits, including sensor signal conditioning and data-acquisition front ends. • Design power electronics and power-distribution circuits, including motor-drive, DC-DC and protection circuitry. • Integrate embedded processors/microcontrollers, connectivity and industrial I/O (e.g., EtherCAT) into board-level designs. • Select and specify electronic components, balance performance, cost, availability, and manufacturability. • Build, bring up and debug prototypes using lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DAQ), iterating toward reliable field-ready hardware. • Create schematic designs and multilayer PCB layouts for control, power, sensor-interface and communication boards. • Design for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC/EMI), signal integrity and power integrity, and support regulatory compliance (CE, UL, FCC). • Interact with regulatory teams to ensure compliance with applicable standards. • Develop hardware documentation, including schematics, BOMs, fabrication/assembly packages, and design records. • Collaborate closely with firmware, software, mechanical and systems engineers, and with manufacturing, suppliers, contract manufacturers and PCB fabricators, to scale designs into production. • Drive product architecture, feasibility studies, prototyping, and engineering verification activities. • Generate intellectual property positions, including invention submissions, patents and 3M trade secrets. • Communicate tests and other program results to internal and external stakeholders. • Drive the development and commercialization of products to efficiently, reliably and sustainably deliver energy to customers around the world. 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 in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or related engineering discipline completed and verified prior to start from an accredited institution. • Three (3) or more years’ experience designing electronic hardware from concept through prototype and production, with at least 3 years in hardware product development. • Three (3) or more years’ experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium, OrCAD/Cadence, or KiCad, including component selection and hardware documentation. • Three (3) or more years’ experience with analog, digital, and/or power circuit design, as well as hardware bring-up, debugging, and validation using lab instrumentation. Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: • Master's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Compu