On-Site Test Lab Engineer - ISO 17025 & Lab Innovation

3M Company; Red Wing (MN); On-site; USD 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

3M is seeking a Test Lab Engineer in Red Wing, MN and Cottage Grove, MN, on-site four days a week. You will develop, validate and maintain test methods, support test equipment, and lead lab improvement projects to expand capabilities and ensure ISO 17025 compliance.

Collaboration with supervisors and engineering teams is essential to meet testing requirements. You will need a BS in science or engineering and at least one year of experience with test methods or instrumentation, with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline.
• One year of experience with test method development or instrumentation in a private, public, government, or military setting.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Test Lab Supervisor, testing team, and engineering personnel to understand testing requirements and ensure successful test execution.
• Develop, improve, maintain, and validate robust, repeatable test methods, including best practices, equipment limitations, measurement uncertainty, comparison testing, control charts, reference materials, and intermediate checks.
• Support test equipment management, including maintenance, repair, calibration, instrumentation, training, and equipment-related troubleshooting.
• Support future equipment planning, fixture development, data acquisition programming, software updates, and test capability expansion.
• Lead and drive test lab improvement projects and new method development to increase test capabilities, accreditation scope, and alignment with standard revisions.
• Document standard work, test methods, life critical safety standards, measurement outputs, calculation verification, and reporting processes.
• Promote adherence to ISO 17025 principles and processes and participate in applicable regulatory audits.

Skills

Test method development

Instrumentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline

Job description

3M is seeking a Test Lab Engineer in Red Wing, MN and Cottage Grove, MN, on-site four days a week. You will develop, validate and maintain test methods, support test equipment, and lead lab improvement projects to expand capabilities and ensure ISO 17025 compliance.

Collaboration with supervisors and engineering teams is essential to meet testing requirements. You will need a BS in science or engineering and at least one year of experience with test methods or instrumentation, with strong