Application Engineering Specialist

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Job Description:

Job Title:  Application Engineering Specialist – Interconnect Platform

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.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role
As an Applications Engineer in 3M's Interconnect laboratory, you will have the opportunity to leverage your curiosity and collaborate with a wide variety of innovative professionals worldwide. You will play a pivotal role in driving growth and making a significant impact through customer collaboration, new application development, and product commercialization. Here, you will make an impact by:

Key Responsibilities:

• Growth and Collaboration: Lead initiatives to drive growth by collaborating with customers, developing new applications, and commercializing new interconnect products. Work with global teams to implement impactful solutions across 3M's diverse markets.
• Product Advancement: Work both independently and as part of a team to advance products in the market, ensuring they meet customer needs and industry standards through the development of performance measurement systems, data packages, industry group participation etc.
• Knowledge Utilization: Apply and enhance your knowledge of technical, product, market, and competitive information to support product development and market positioning.
• Network Engagement: Collaborate with and engage your internal and external interconnect network of resources to advance technical platforms and drive innovation.
• Technical Application Support: Apply advanced technical skills to support external customers and create new commercial opportunities.

This includes:

• Broadening the application space for both existing and new connector products
• Developing a fundamental understanding of the application space
• Identifying product modifications or technical changes to enable sales in new applications and demonstrating feasibility
• Taking the initiative to develop new applications
• Providing significant support on products and their applications to customers, expanding opportunities and reducing risks
• Interfacing with a global team and contributing to new product development and support of existing platforms through frequent communication both with external eco-system customers and internally within 3M, etc.

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 from an accredited university
• Proven 2D/3D modeling and mechanical drawing capability
• Well understanding about interconnect MFG process
• A minimum of five (5) years of technical development experience in interconnect industry
• A minimum of two (2) years of hands-on laboratory work experience such as mechanical property testing and analytical testing
• Ability to work independently and take initiative in developing new applications and solutions
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in diverse and global teams

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

• Three (3) years+ of hands-on laboratory work experience in interconnect application development and/or design
• Two (2) years+ of experience and knowledge in optical communication industry
• Experience and knowledge with a variety of laboratory test equipment including environmental testing, microscopes, etc.
• Proven leader with ability to communicate clearly across functions, including lab, manufacturing, and business teams
• Innovative mindset with a focus on customer collaboration and market growth

Location: Shanghai, 3M R&D Center, China
Travel: May include up to 50% domestic and international travel.

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