Application Engineering Specialist - Industrial Adhesives and Tapes

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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 person hired for the position of Application Engineering Specialist will drive new applications utilizing the broad portfolio of adhesives and tapes offered by Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division (IATD). This position will provide technical support to achieve growth and solve complex customer design challenges. Work includes engaging with customers, field sales, and marketing to provide technical expertise; including application development, creating technical information, gaining customer-specific needs & insights, and performing product and application characterization.

This position will also have responsibility to partner with customers on adhesive and tape dispensing and automation projects. Join us to help our customers remake the world of making things. This lab is International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certified.

com/3M/en_US/bonding-and-assembly-us/ As a Application Engineering 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: Driving core and new 3M adhesive and tape products to win new bonding applications in the industrial marketplace Developing new application solutions aligned to customer needs Building a deep understanding of state-of-the-art technologies in adhesive and tape dispensing and automation Training customers, sales reps, and international colleagues Creating new application demonstration tools Collaborating with product development, product engineering, marketing, and field sales 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 a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution Minimum five (5) years of laboratory 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 in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or Polymer Science from an accredited institution Five (5) years of experience working with tapes and/or adhesives Two (2) years of experience in application engineering Experience with adhesive and tape dispensing, dispensing equipment and/or automation Experience problem solving or trouble shooting Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN. , H1B status).

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