Materials Scientist

Senior Materials Scientist

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 Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• Develop new materials and the processes that create them to drive differentiated performance in 3M products.
• Apply newly developed materials and processes to 3M product roadmaps and scale qualified materials with 3M’s chemical manufacturing teams.
• Author technical reports, patent applications, and research proposals; maintain electronic laboratory notebook records of test conditions, results and observations; summarize experimental data using Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel or other software applications; present results to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with global, multi‑disciplinary teams to identify and implement new solutions for customer applications.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

Your Skills And Expertise

• Ph.D. (completed and verified prior to start) in Science or Engineering.
• Four (4) years of laboratory environment experience in an academic, private, public, government or military environment, including experience in a Ph.D. program.
• Ph.D. or Post‑Doc in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution with a focus on synthesizing new materials, materials characterization, and developing new processes.
• Demonstrated experience in sol‑gel chemistry, including experience synthesizing and optimizing sol‑gel materials, coatings, films, or powders; experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and also collaborate with diverse teams including external partners.
• Author scientific publications and/or patents.
• Demonstrated identification and execution on new technology development.
• Experience developing intellectual property portfolios in collaboration with legal and other technical experts.

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.

Travel

May include up to 10% domestic/international travel.

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be authorized.

Legal Authorization

Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Benefits and Compensation

Compensation range for this position is $124,127 - $151,710, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. Additional benefits may include medical, dental & vision, health savings accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, voluntary benefits, paid absences and retirement benefits.

Employees are required to sign an agreement regarding confidentiality and intellectual property related to inventions per company policy.

Equal Employment Opportunity

3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.