Product Development Specialist

Job Title

Product Development Specialist

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 Specialist, 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 technical engagements with customers and suppliers to develop, customize and spec-in 3M’s solutions for overhead transmission grids
• Applying your strong technical background in complex application scenarios ensuring stable energy supply with customers and partners across the globe.
• Support production campaigns and deployments at customers through material and product testing
• Ensure alignment of solutions to market requirements and trends
• Represent 3M in technical settings and contribute to standardization efforts

Company Vehicle

This position requires driving a company vehicle, which will require pre-employment and ongoing review of motor vehicle history for candidates who are offered and hired for this position

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 in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (completed and verified prior to start).
• Three (3) years of product development, engineering or technical service in a private, public, government or military environment
• Current, valid Driver’s License.

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

• Master’s degree or higher from an accredited institution
• Experience with developing and characterizing ceramic, metal and composite materials as well as familiarity with the production methods involved.
• Experience with electrical grid architecture and in particular overhead transmission lines and conductors.
• Work experience at a Utility, conductor manufacturer or testing institution active in the field of overhead conductors.
• Understanding of the specific civil/mechanical engineering challenges arising in design of large-scale structures like overhead transmission lines
• Experience with mechanical design, CADD and/or FEA programs.
• Experience with conductor fittings performance, qualification and standards.
• Familiarity with industry standards and standardization processes.
• Customer project management experience across various phases like design spec-in, validation and delivery across multiple involved parties.
• Strong problem-solving skills and customer first mindset.
• Hands-on attitude to work in the lab

Work location:

• Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four (4) days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.
• Travel: May include up to 15% domestic or international
• Relocation: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.

To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.