3M
Adv Product Development Specialist - Tape Technology (Home Improvement)
3M, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55130
Product Development Adv Specialist Tape Technology
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 Adv Specialist for Tape Technology, 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: Leveraging expertise to advance technologies, develop product designs, and commercialize new products aligned to customer needs around the world. Formulating, developing, and commercializing new tapes, adhesives, and materials used in home improvement by DIYers and professionals. Supporting a group of product developers focused on improving current painter's tapes, duct tapes, and specialty tapes through encouraging technical exploration, developing people and lab capabilities, ideating and delivering on a product pipeline that differentiates, achieves delivered cost expectations, and delights customers and makes their projects easier. Collaborating with teams from the corporate research labs and our global lab peers on developing new product capabilities and applications to meet the global evolving home trends. Successfully scale products from lab to pilot line and to manufacturing, working with product engineers, business supply chain, third party manufacturing and quality. 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 chemistry, chemical engineering, material science or a science discipline (completed and verified prior to start) Seven (7) years of research and development in a private, public, government or military environment Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: Master's degree or higher in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, and/or Polymer Chemistry or related discipline from an accredited institution Ten (10) years of Research and Development experience in a private, public, government or military environment Experience in research and development of new tape products Hands-on experience with adhesives and tape development and/or process understanding Demonstrated expertise and success in exploration of new products/platform work and scaling from bench to pilot line and then to manufacturing Experience compounding, coating, polymer processing, curing, aging studies & weathering, adhesives, and analytical testing. Experience in test method development and fundamental understanding of adhesive properties, interfaces, and systems Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross functional global team members in manufacturing, regulatory, application engineering, and business Work location: 3M Campus, Maplewood, MN Travel: May include up to 10% Relocation Assistance: May be authorized Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
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 Adv Specialist for Tape Technology, 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: Leveraging expertise to advance technologies, develop product designs, and commercialize new products aligned to customer needs around the world. Formulating, developing, and commercializing new tapes, adhesives, and materials used in home improvement by DIYers and professionals. Supporting a group of product developers focused on improving current painter's tapes, duct tapes, and specialty tapes through encouraging technical exploration, developing people and lab capabilities, ideating and delivering on a product pipeline that differentiates, achieves delivered cost expectations, and delights customers and makes their projects easier. Collaborating with teams from the corporate research labs and our global lab peers on developing new product capabilities and applications to meet the global evolving home trends. Successfully scale products from lab to pilot line and to manufacturing, working with product engineers, business supply chain, third party manufacturing and quality. 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 chemistry, chemical engineering, material science or a science discipline (completed and verified prior to start) Seven (7) years of research and development in a private, public, government or military environment Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include: Master's degree or higher in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, and/or Polymer Chemistry or related discipline from an accredited institution Ten (10) years of Research and Development experience in a private, public, government or military environment Experience in research and development of new tape products Hands-on experience with adhesives and tape development and/or process understanding Demonstrated expertise and success in exploration of new products/platform work and scaling from bench to pilot line and then to manufacturing Experience compounding, coating, polymer processing, curing, aging studies & weathering, adhesives, and analytical testing. Experience in test method development and fundamental understanding of adhesive properties, interfaces, and systems Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross functional global team members in manufacturing, regulatory, application engineering, and business Work location: 3M Campus, Maplewood, MN Travel: May include up to 10% Relocation Assistance: May be authorized Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).