Quality Engineer (Maplewood, MN)

Job Description:

Quality Engineer (Maplewood, MN)

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 diversity 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 Quality Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading EMSD Quality Engineering for EBO portfolio.

• Supervising, training, and guiding a team of engineers to complete requested tests.

• Establishing test plans and methods, preparing samples, conducting tests, analyzing data, and completing test reports.

• Identifying relevant industry standards and insuring test methods meet current requirements

• Defining, scoping, supporting and implementing capital investments

• Collaborating with local and division manufacturing teams on division/value stream level projects focused on improving quality

• Interfacing with a global team and contributing to new product development and support of existing platforms

• Ensuring technical claims in 3M published literature are accurate and supported by test data

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) in an Engineering or Science discipline from an accredited institution

• Five (5) years of technical engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment

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

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.

• Ten (10) years of previous technical experience with demonstrated strength in engineering/technical skills in a private, public, government or military environment

• Experience and knowledge with a variety of laboratory test equipment.

• Mechanical aptitude with designing and building fixtures.

• Experience interpreting industry standards, product qualification testing, fiber optic, and electrical components.

• Statistical data analysis experience.

• Experience writing technical reports.

• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerance rules.

• Experience providing work direction to others.

• Communication skills (oral, written and presentation).

• Microsoft Office proficient, Lab View and/or Minitab proficient.

Work location: Maplewood, MN (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel either to St. Paul, MN or Menomonie, WI at least 3 days per week)

Travel: May include up to 20% domestic

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).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Chat with Max

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $155,615 - $190,196, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Ad