Senior Core Engineering Leader – Product Lifecycle

3M Company; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 222,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

3M Company in Maplewood, MN is seeking a Core Engineering Leader to guide product engineering across the full lifecycle. You will set engineering standards, drive robustness and cost competitiveness, and partner with business units, BSC, suppliers and contract manufacturers to deliver critical engineering outcomes.

You will lead the division-wide CMP portfolio, allocate resources, reduce tech debt, and ensure quality through strong change control and documentation practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Science or Engineering from an accredited institution.
• 8+ years of engineering experience across product development, manufacturing, quality, or lifecycle management.
• 4+ years of technical leadership experience managing cross-functional programs, suppliers or contract manufacturers, portfolio priorities, KPIs, risks, and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the division-wide CMP portfolio, including portfolio strategy, execution model, prioritization process, and performance KPIs.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards that strengthen design integrity, robustness, documentation quality, configuration management, and lifecycle excellence.
• Partner with business unit teams and BSC to deliver core engineering capabilities, including molding, hardware design, digital components and related product-engineering competencies.
• Manage setup of external development partners, suppliers, and contract manufacturers against defined expectations for performance, quality, cost, schedule, and technical delivery in partnership with procurement
• Drive material and process standardization across PSD to improve product robustness, reduce cost, and support scalable execution.
• Govern engineering documentation, configuration management, and change-control practices to ensure consistency, traceability, and compliance with quality expectations.
• Optimize project cycle time, business impact, and resource allocation across the CMP portfolio and related engineering initiatives.
• Assign and align technical resources to critical CMP projects based on business priorities, risk, urgency, and expected value.
• Drive continuous improvement by reducing technology debt, mitigating product risk, and improving engineering execution discipline.
• Build, prioritize, and govern a cross-functional pipeline spanning service, repair, quality, manufacturing, and product-engineering needs.
• Own ongoing product support which may include digital updates

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Hardware design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering

Job description

3M Company in Maplewood, MN is seeking a Core Engineering Leader to guide product engineering across the full lifecycle. You will set engineering standards, drive robustness and cost competitiveness, and partner with business units, BSC, suppliers and contract manufacturers to deliver critical engineering outcomes.

You will lead the division-wide CMP portfolio, allocate resources, reduce tech debt, and ensure quality through strong change control and documentation practices.