Lead Manufacturing Technology System Specialist

3M; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 188,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

3M seeks a Lead Manufacturing Technology System Specialist to strengthen OT security, reliability, and scalability across global manufacturing environments. You will design secure architectures, engineer resilient infrastructure, and develop standardized software solutions to support critical production systems.

The role emphasizes cross-site collaboration, governance, and mentoring teams while driving modernization and compliance initiatives within 3M manufacturing technology landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher in Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, a Technical field.
• Professional Engineer license or equivalent demonstrated technical leadership in complex industrial systems.
• Fifteen (15) years of experience designing, implementing, or supporting industrial controls, automation, OT systems, or manufacturing technology environments.
• Eight (8) years of experience with OT security architecture, network segmentation, secure remote access, industrial software platforms, controls engineering, or OT infrastructure resilience.
• Eight (8) years experience leading technical initiatives across manufacturing, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, engineering, automation, or industrial technology environments.
• Current, valid Driver License.

Responsibilities

• Design secure OT architectures and partner with Security to implement segmentation, remote access controls, and remediation strategies for manufacturing environments.
• Engineer resilient OT infrastructure solutions covering compute, virtualization, networking, backups, redundancy, power protection, and recovery capabilities.
• Develop standardized industrial software architectures, templates, libraries, naming conventions, and frameworks for consistent deployment across sites.
• Evaluate IoT and IIoT components, including embedded devices, controllers, gateways, firmware, protocols, and secure integration into OT environments.
• Translate OT cybersecurity, engineering, and regulatory requirements into executable designs, validation methods, remediation strategies, and governance practices.
• Mentor technical teams and establish standards that improve consistency, reliability, and long-term sustainability across 3M global manufacturing technology landscape.

Skills

OT security architecture

Industrial controls

Project leadership

Mentoring teams

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering/Automation/CS

Tools

Ignition platform

Job description

Job Title

Lead Manufacturing Technology System Specialist

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.

Job Description

Job Title

Lead Manufacturing Technology System Specialist

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

In this role, you will help strengthen the security, reliability, and scalability of 3M’s manufacturing technology environments by designing secure OT architectures, engineering resilient infrastructure, and developing standardized industrial software and controls solutions. Your work will directly support critical production systems, improve consistency across manufacturing sites, reduce technical and cybersecurity risk, and enable secure modernization of legacy OT environments while maintaining operational continuity.

As a Lead Manufacturing Technology System Specialist, You Will Have The Opportunity To Tap Into Your Curiosity And Collaborate With Some Of The Most Innovative People Around The World. Here, You Will Make An Impact By

• Designing and Partnering with Security team to implement secure OT architectures, network segmentation, defense-in-depth controls, secure remote access, and technical remediation strategies for manufacturing environments
• Engineering resilient OT infrastructure solutions, including compute, virtualization, networking, backups, redundancy, power protection, and recovery capabilities that support critical production requirements
• Developing standardized industrial software architectures, reusable templates, libraries, naming conventions, and frameworks that can be deployed consistently across manufacturing sites
• Evaluating IoT and IIoT components, including embedded devices, controllers, gateways, firmware, communications protocols, authentication, encryption, interfaces, and update mechanisms
• Translating OT cybersecurity, engineering, and regulatory requirements into executable designs, validation methods, remediation strategies, and technical governance practices
• Mentoring technical teams and helping establish standards that improve consistency, reliability, and long-term sustainability across 3M’s global manufacturing technology landscape

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 Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, a Technical field (completed and verified prior to start)
• Professional Engineering or Advanced Technical Credentials - Professional Engineer license, advanced engineering credentials, advanced technical certifications, or equivalent demonstrated technical leadership in the design and delivery of complex industrial systems.
• Fifteen (15) years of experience designing, implementing, or supporting industrial controls, automation, OT systems, or manufacturing technology environments in a private, public, government or military environment
• Eight (8) years of experience with OT security architecture, network segmentation, secure remote access, industrial software platforms, controls engineering, or OT infrastructure resilience
• Eight (8) years experience leading technical initiatives across manufacturing, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, engineering, automation, or industrial technology environments
• Current, valid Driver’s License.

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

• Senior OT / Controls Engineering Experience - 15+ years of progressive experience designing, implementing, and supporting industrial controls, automation, and OT systems in complex manufacturing or critical-infrastructure environments.
• OT Security Engineering & Architecture - Demonstrated experience translating OT security requirements into implementable engineering standards, secure architectures, segmentation strategies, defense-in-depth controls, secure remote access, and technical remediation approaches while maintaining production availability.
• Industrial Software Architecture & Standardization - Advanced experience designing industrial software architectures and developing reusable templates, libraries, naming conventions, standards, and development frameworks for platforms such as Ignition or equivalent industrial application platforms.
• IoT / IIoT Component-Level Security & Engineering - Experience evaluating connected industrial devices at the component level, including controllers, gateways, embedded systems, firmware, communications protocols, authentication, encryption, interfaces, update mechanisms, and secure integration into OT environments.
• OT Infrastructure & Resilience Engineering - Experience engineering OT compute, virtualization, networking, backups, UPS and power protection, redundancy, recovery, and resilience solutions capable of supporting critical-line RTO/RPO requirements.
• OT Standards, Compliance & Technical Governance - Ability to translate OT cybersecurity, engineering, and regulatory requirements into executable designs, processes, validation methods, remediation strategies, and technical governance practices supporting critical-line compliance and requirements such as NIS2, MLPS, and TISAX.

Work location:

• Work location: On-Site

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation: May be authorized

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

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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Applicable to US Applicants Only: The expected compensation range for this position is $188,251 - $230,084, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 08/19/2026 To 09/18/2026 Or until filled

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.

Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

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