Senior Materials Scientist: Innovate Materials & IP

3M; Maplewood (MN); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

3M in Maplewood, MN is seeking a Senior Materials Scientist to develop new materials and processes that differentiate 3M products. You will drive scale-up with manufacturing teams and align with product roadmaps.

You will author technical reports, patent applications, and proposals, maintain electronic lab notebook records, present findings to diverse audiences, and collaborate with global, multi-disciplinary teams on customer applications; other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. completed and verified prior to start in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Ceramics or a related discipline from an accredited institution.
• Four (4) years of laboratory environment experience in an academic, private, public, government or military environment, including experience in a Ph.D. program.
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Develop new materials and processes to drive differentiated performance in 3M products.
• Apply developed materials and processes to 3M product roadmaps and scale qualified materials with 3M’s manufacturing teams.
• Author technical reports, patent applications, and research proposals; maintain electronic lab notebook records; summarize experimental data for presentations.

Skills

Laboratory experience

Technical reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Data presentation

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry/Materials Science/related

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

3M in Maplewood, MN is seeking a Senior Materials Scientist to develop new materials and processes that differentiate 3M products. You will drive scale-up with manufacturing teams and align with product roadmaps.

You will author technical reports, patent applications, and proposals, maintain electronic lab notebook records, present findings to diverse audiences, and collaborate with global, multi-disciplinary teams on customer applications; other duties as assigned.