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3M · 4 months ago

Adv Product Development Specialist - Tape Technology (Home Improvement)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$165K/yr - $201K/yr

7+ years exp

3M is a global company that fosters innovation and collaboration among its employees. The Product Development Adv Specialist for Tape Technology will be responsible for advancing technologies, developing product designs, and commercializing new adhesive products for home improvement. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and scaling products from lab to manufacturing.

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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

Qualification

Tape product developmentAdhesives expertiseResearchDevelopmentPolymer chemistryTest method developmentCollaboration skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or higher in chemistry, chemical engineering, material science or a science discipline (completed and verified prior to start)

Seven (7) years of research and development in a private, public, government or military environment

Preferred

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

Demonstrated expertise and success in exploration of new products/platform work and scaling from bench to pilot line and then to manufacturing

Experience compounding, coating, polymer processing, curing, aging studies & weathering, adhesives, and analytical testing

Experience in test method development and fundamental understanding of adhesive properties, interfaces, and systems

Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross functional global team members in manufacturing, regulatory, application engineering, and business