Senior Quality Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

3M in Maplewood, MN is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead quality initiatives and cross-functional efforts for new product introductions. You will apply advanced quality tools to translate VOC into robust quality plans and collaborate with Lab, Product Engineer, Application Engineer, and Manufacturing to ensure quality at the factory level.

Responsibilities include leading design for quality activities, driving process improvements, and monitoring KPIs such as COQ and LSS savings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
• Two years of combined plant experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Quality Engineering and/or Product Engineering in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Experience in high-tech manufacturing environments (electronics, interconnect, data center, semiconductor, medical, automotive, aerospace).

Responsibilities

• Lead quality initiatives to promote VOC-driven quality plans and robust quality systems.
• Drive Design for Quality for new product commercialization and NPIs.
• Provide expertise in APQP, FMEA, control plans, PPAP and related quality tools.
• Analyze KPI trends (LSS savings, COQ) and drive continuous improvement.
• Support SPC and SQC activities and maintain quality documentation in PLM/SAP environments.

Skills

Quality engineering

Statistical analysis

FMEA

APQP

PPAP

Control plans

Minitab/JMP

Cross-functional team

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in science/engineering

STEM degree (Physics, Electrical, Chemical)

Tools

DQM

House of Quality

PPU

SAP

PLM

Job description

Job Description:

Senior Quality Engineer*

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

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Working with a Quality team that honors diversity and fosters positive global partnerships. Functioning as an effective team leader and collaborator, embracing diversity and multi-cultural global collaboration, and promotes harmonious and efficient working relationships across all functions and divisions.
• Supporting “Quality as a Competitive Advantage” within the division by promoting a customer first and sustainability mindset based on voice of the complaint, risk-based thinking, and error proofing.
• Driving Design for Quality efforts for new product commercialization and change management projects in collaboration with Lab, Product Engineer, Application Engineer, and Manufacturing. Providing expertise in the NPI process using advanced quality tools [Voice of Customer (VOC), Linear House of Quality (LHOQ), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), control plans, etc.] Ensuring VOC is translated to robust quality plans that are seamlessly executed at the factory level. Negotiating specifications directly with customer and development team.
• Identifying product quality improvement opportunities and Product Process Understanding (PPU) and is efficient in making project proposals, prioritizing, collaborating, and executing priority programs. Identifying and tracking critical Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) [Lean Six Sigma (LSS) savings, Cost of Quality (COQ), etc.].
• Providing statistical insights through control chart analysis, manufacturing and test method capability analysis, and experimental designs. Supporting team in efforts in Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Statistical Quality Control (SQC).

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 a science or engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Two (2) years of combined plant experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Quality Engineering and/or Product Engineering in a private, public, government or military environment

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

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a STEM discipline from an accredited institution
• Experience in manufacturing and quality requirements in a high-tech industry (electronics, interconnect, data center, semiconductor, medical, automotive, aerospace, etc.)
• Experience working on a cross-functional team.
• Expertise with quality engineering tools such as: (DQM, House of Quality, PPU, Statistics, APQP, FMEA, control plans, PPAP, SAP and/or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) documentation systems)
• Expertise in statistical insights, including design of experiments, data analysis and software (e.g., Minitab, JMP).
• Experience with change management, complaint management, supplier management, auditing [International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001, International Automotive Task Force (IATF)-16949, etc.] and/or Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Certifications in quality engineering, quality auditing or quality management from American Society for Quality-ASQ™ certification(s) such as: Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP)
• Black Belt or Green Belt experience

Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

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

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.

To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

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 $124,127 - $151,710, 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 09/01/2026 To 10/01/2026 Or until filledAll 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.

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