Senior Global Manager, Application Engineering – Electrical Architecture & Electronics

Job Description: Senior Global Manager, Application Engineering – Electrical Architecture & Electronics 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 You will lead the global Application Engineering organization for Electrical Architecture & Electronics (EA&E), covering Automotive, Commercial Vehicles, and Rail, including automotive display films. This role will shape 3M’s system-level strategy, strengthen technical engagement with OEMs and Tier suppliers worldwide, translate customer and market insights into scalable solution architectures and new product introduction (NPI) opportunities, and accelerate growth across the Transportation business.   As Global Manager, Application Engineering – Electrical Architecture & Electronics (EA&E), 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 a global team of field-, account-, and strategic-aligned Application Engineers supporting Electrical Architecture & Electronics customers and growth priorities across Automotive, Commercial Vehicles, and Rail. • Partner closely with the Customer Solutions Architect to identify and drive the right focus areas for the global EA&E technology and solution roadmap, translating industry megatrends, customer needs, and system-level insights into prioritized, differentiated, end-to-end 3M solutions. • Build strong technical relationships with automotive OEMs, Tier suppliers, engineering organizations, manufacturing sites, and ecosystem partners, engaging early in platform definition and pre-RFQ activity. • Lead global customer and technical interactions for automotive display films, partnering with OEMs and Tier suppliers to identify needs, influence specifications, enable application development, and accelerate commercialization. • Partner with the Customer Solutions Architect to develop modular, platform-based EA&E solution architectures that enable reuse across customers, regions, vehicle platforms, and product lines while positioning 3M as a system-level solutions partner. • Collaborate with the Customer Solutions Architect to translate global customer, application, and market insights into prioritized NPI opportunities, differentiated value propositions, and cross-portfolio growth programs. • Work with the Customer Solutions Architect to identify and prioritize white-space opportunities in future E/E architectures, electronics integration, and automotive displays, including specification wins, platform expansion, competitive displacement, partnerships, and potential M&A needs. • Partner with the Customer Solutions Architect to influence R&D investment priorities, technology incubation, and portfolio choices that deliver first-to-market concepts and unlock new revenue opportunities. • Drive consistent Application Engineering operating practices, capability development, resource prioritization, knowledge sharing, and collaboration across global and regional teams.   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) •