Advanced Specialist Product Engineering - Cathodes*
3M Company · 🇨🇦 United States and Canada
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About the role
Job Description: 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 an Advanced Specialist Product Engineer – Cathodes , 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 product engineering activities for the Cathodes portfolio, including new cathode design, product support, product advancement projects, and supervision of the design engineering team. • Partnering closely with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Application Engineering, Quality, Business Supply Chain, Marketing, and Global Portfolio Strategy teams to support business priorities and successful product execution. • Leading Change Management projects, including maintaining accurate records of technical activities, experiments, decisions, risks, recommendations, and outcomes. • Supporting Application Engineering with product specification input for existing Cathodes products, customer needs, and potential product adaptations. • Overseeing prototype and pre-production builds, including test plans, technical requirements, documentation, and readiness for manufacturing scale-up. • Collaborating with Process Engineering and Manufacturing Technology to define equipment needs for prototype, pre-production, and production-scale activities. • Supporting manufacturing-led improvement projects focused on yield improvement, productivity gains, cost reduction, quality improvement, and product specification compliance. • Providing technical leadership for projects related to product modification, process advancement, quality improvement, cost reduction, and new product introduction. • Maintaining strong technical understanding of Cathodes products, manufacturing processes, customer applications, and market needs. • Supporting innovation through product improvements that create commercial advantage, reduce risk, improve quality, or increase customer satisfaction. • Ensuring appropriate implementation of Trade Secret Protection Plans and export control product classifications. • Promoting a safe and healthy work environment through EHS procedure implementation, employee training, ergonomic reviews, and safety compliance. Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: • Master’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline (completed and verified prior to start) • Five (5) years of experience in product engineering, product development, materials engineering, manufacturing support, or process development in a private, public, government or military environment. • Three (3) years of experience supporting new product introduction (NPI), prototype builds, pre-production builds, or manufacturing scale-up. Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: • Experience with ceramics, cathodes, advanced materials, or related product technologies. • Experience with Change Management Process activities and technical documentation. • Familiarity with process improvement, yield improvement, productivity improvement, and cost r