3M is looking to advance technologies, develop product designs, and commercialize new products aligned to customer needs around the world, specifically in the area of tape technology.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in chemistry, chemical engineering, material science or a science discipline
- Seven (7) years of research and development in a private, public, government or military environment
- 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
- Experience compounding, coating, polymer processing, curing, aging studies & weathering, adhesives, and analytical testing.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- Seven (7) years of research and development experience
- Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status
- Travel: May include up to 10%
- Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
