3M is seeking a Product Engineering Specialist to support and contribute as a technical lead for products, processes, and sustaining activities within the Energy Markets sector, focusing on cable accessories for medium and high voltage applications. The role aims to drive accelerated business growth, quality, and sustainability through technological exploration and process improvement.
Requirements
- Three (3) years of experience with manufacturing technologies like extrusion and molding in a private, public, government or military environment
- Experience with adhesives and tape backings. This includes knowledge and experience in the following: performance, testing, manufacturing processes, and performance simulation tools.
- Experience in developing and testing medium voltage cable accessories
- Experience with electrical and mechanical testing of medium voltage components and materials
- Experience with EPDM and silicone formulation and processing technologies
- Familiar with PLM system for: RM substitutions (and the 3M change management process), NPI process, SKU creation, BOM creation, PFMEA, DFMEA, HOQ, test method development.
- Knowledge of statistics and experience with: MSAs, capability studies, data analysis (e.g., in Minitab or Excel), root cause analysis, Six Sigma.
Responsibilities
- Supporting and contributing as a technical lead for products, processes, and sustaining activities with expertise in the area of Energy Markets (cable accessories for medium and high voltage applications).
- Exploration and sustaining of technologies, processes, and approaches supporting accelerated business growth, quality, and sustainability.
- Interfacing with cross-functional team members (marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, technical service, quality, regulatory, etc.) to ensure successful program delivery.
- Leading technical interactions with cross-functional teams including corporate labs, division labs, manufacturing plants, and other groups to support technologies, processes, and materials focusing on Energy Markets.
- Contributing to change management as it relates to product/process changes driven by product modification, life cycle management, product/quality improvement, supply changes, regulatory requirements, and cost reduction.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve complex problems and to apply/implement new or modified products/processes.
- May review intellectual property positions at the business level, including proprietary advances, ROI's, patents, trade secrets.
Other
- Travel occasionally to our manufacturing facilities to develop, validate process, improve product/process performance, and validate material specification.
- Multitasking and prioritizing various projects, as needed.
- Role focused on Energy Markets with a requirement to become familiar with various portfolios in the division.
- Interfacing with suppliers and service providers on production and product changes
- Ability to work with minimal supervision (self-motivated) and in teams.
