Senior Global Manager, Application Engineering – Electrical Architecture & Electronics

3M; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

3M is seeking a Senior Global Manager for Application Engineering in Electrical Architecture & Electronics. The role leads the global EA&E organization across Automotive, Commercial Vehicles, and Rail, shaping system-level strategy and accelerating growth.

You will engage with OEMs and Tier suppliers worldwide, translate market insights into scalable architectures, and drive NPI opportunities. This on-site role requires strategic leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher required; Master’s preferred.
• Seven (7) years of experience in Application Engineering, systems engineering, or related field.
• Additional qualifications: global leadership, multi-country engagements, deep automotive electronics knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead global EA&E team across Automotive, Commercial Vehicles, and Rail.
• Partner with Customer Solutions Architect to shape roadmap and NPI opportunities.
• Develop platform-based EA&E architectures enabling reuse across regions and product lines.
• Drive customer engagements with OEMs and Tier suppliers to influence specifications.

Skills

Electrical architecture

Systems engineering

Customer-facing

Global leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Job Description:

Senior Global Manager, Application Engineering - Electrical Architecture & Electronics

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

You will lead the global Application Engineering organization for Electrical Architecture & Electronics (EA&E), covering Automotive, Commercial Vehicles, and Rail, including automotive display films. This role will shape 3M's system-level strategy, strengthen technical engagement with OEMs and Tier suppliers worldwide, translate customer and market insights into scalable solution architectures and new product introduction (NPI) opportunities, and accelerate growth across the Transportation business.

• Lead a global team of field-, account-, and strategic-aligned Application Engineers supporting Electrical Architecture & Electronics customers and growth priorities across Automotive, Commercial Vehicles, and Rail.
• Partner closely with the Customer Solutions Architect to identify and drive the right focus areas for the global EA&E technology and solution roadmap, translating industry megatrends, customer needs, and system-level insights into prioritized, differentiated, end-to-end 3M solutions.
• Build strong technical relationships with automotive OEMs, Tier suppliers, engineering organizations, manufacturing sites, and ecosystem partners, engaging early in platform definition and pre-RFQ activity.
• Lead global customer and technical interactions for automotive display films, partnering with OEMs and Tier suppliers to identify needs, influence specifications, enable application development, and accelerate commercialization.
• Partner with the Customer Solutions Architect to develop modular, platform-based EA&E solution architectures that enable reuse across customers, regions, vehicle platforms, and product lines while positioning 3M as a system-level solutions partner.
• Collaborate with the Customer Solutions Architect to translate global customer, application, and market insights into prioritized NPI opportunities, differentiated value propositions, and cross-portfolio growth programs.
• Work with the Customer Solutions Architect to identify and prioritize white-space opportunities in future E/E architectures, electronics integration, and automotive displays, including specification wins, platform expansion, competitive displacement, partnerships, and potential M&A needs.
• Partner with the Customer Solutions Architect to influence R&D investment priorities, technology incubation, and portfolio choices that deliver first-to-market concepts and unlock new revenue opportunities.
• Drive consistent Application Engineering operating practices, capability development, resource prioritization, knowledge sharing, and collaboration across global and regional teams.

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 (completed and verified prior to start)
• Seven (7) years of experience in Application Engineering, systems engineering, product development, technical service in a customer-facing technical field in a private, public, government or military environment.

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

• Master's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Ten (10) or more years of customer-facing technical experience with demonstrated success converting customer insights into growth opportunities.
• Experience leading technical teams, programs, or customer engagements across multiple countries or regions.
• Deep knowledge of automotive electrical/electronic architecture, electronics systems, and evolving vehicle technology trends, with experience engaging OEM and Tier engineering organizations.
• Experience with automotive displays, display films, optical materials, human-machine interfaces, or adjacent interior electronics applications.
• Demonstrated skills in global team leadership, talent development, executive customer engagement, business acumen, technology strategy, NPI execution

Work location:

This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at