Automotive Manufacturing Engineer*

Job Description:

Job Title
Automotive Manufacturing Engineer*

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 Manufacturing 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 Lean Six Sigma teams and Product and Process Understanding (PPU) efforts to improve safety, increase yields, improve productivity
• Driving Capital Investment, New Product Introduction and New Technologies to Increase Manufacturing Capabilities
• Efficiently troubleshooting defects and variation, performing root cause analysis and applying systemic problem-solving skills and robust solutions
• Proactively communicating at all levels of the organization to drive direction and positive change
• Supporting a dynamic 24x7 operation through a willingness to be on-call

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 an engineering or science discipline (completed and verified prior to start)

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

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• Three (3) years of engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment
• Excellent mechanical and/or chemical aptitude and problem-solving skills; practical and hands-on, with analytical comprehension and data driven decision making
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma, Design of Experiments (DOE), and Statistical Analysis
• Ability to work both independently and in cross-functional teams from multiple locations and divisions
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity and change

Work location:

• Cottage Grove, MN

Travel: May include up to 10% 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).

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 (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

 

To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

 

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. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

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.

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