Global Manager, Application Engineering – Commercial Vehicles & Rail

Job Description: Global Manager, Application Engineering – Commercial Vehicles & Rail 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 supporting the Commercial Vehicles and Rail vertical businesses. This role will ensure strong technical engagement with customers worldwide, identify application-level needs, translate customer and market insights into new product introduction (NPI) opportunities, and accelerate growth with OEM, Tier, fleet, operator, and ecosystem accounts across the Transportation & Energy businesses.     As Global Manager, Application Engineering – Commercial Vehicles & Rail, 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 Commercial Vehicles and Rail customers across regions. • Build strong technical relationships with OEMs, Tier suppliers, fleets, rail operators, engineering organizations, manufacturing sites, and other ecosystem partners worldwide. • Translate global customer, application, and market insights into prioritized NPI opportunities and differentiated value propositions for the Commercial Vehicles and Rail vertical businesses. • Identify white-space opportunities for cross-selling, specification wins and protection, platform expansion, and competitive displacement across regions. • Drive consistent Application Engineering operating practices, capability development, resource prioritization, knowledge sharing, and collaboration across global and regional teams. • Lead customer interactions, including site and line walks, technical workshops, application trials, issue triage, and commercialization support, in partnership with business, laboratory, manufacturing, and sales 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) • Seven (7) years of experience in Application Engineering, product development, technical service in customer-facing technical field in a private, public, government or military environment   Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:   • Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. • Ten (10) or more years of customer-facing technical experience with demonstrated success converting customer insights into growth opportunities. • Experience in Commercial Vehicles, Rail, or adjacent transportation markets, including familiarity with OEM, Tier, fleet, operator, and regulatory ecosystems. • Experience leading technical teams, programs, or customer engagements across multiple countries or regions. • Demonstrated skills in global team leadership, talent development, executive customer engagement, business acumen, portfolio strategy, and cross-functional influence.   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 Livonia,