Technical Writer

3M; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor

Generous benefits

Job summary

3M seeks a Technical Writer to translate problem solving into tangible outcomes at our Sunnyvale, California site. This full-time role offers a salary range of $109,000 to $154,000 and emphasizes collaboration across teams to shape decisions and improvements.

You will represent 3M with external partners, keep site operations on track, and ensure leadership is guided by actionable data. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required, with 5+ years of trust-building and strong written

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Represent 3M professionally with vendors, partners, and customers.
• Keep 3M's Sunnyvale, CA site running while improvements ship underneath.
• Keep 3M's full-time commitments visible and on track.
• Keep 3M leadership honest with numbers they can act on.
• Notice the values-led gap between the spec and the shipped thing.
• Apply Collaboration and Cross-Functional Collaboration to solve day-to-day operational challenges.
• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks.
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls.

Skills

Written communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

3M needs a Technical Writer who can turn Problem Solving into outcomes, not just slides, and we'd rather show you than tell you. Lay it bare: full-time Technical Writer, $109,000 - $154,000, 3 years of Collaboration, and a seat where 3M decisions get shaped.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent 3M professionally with vendors, partners, and customers
• Keep 3M's Sunnyvale, CA site running while improvements ship underneath
• Keep 3M's full-time commitments visible and on track
• Keep 3M leadership honest with numbers they can act on
• Notice the values-led gap between the spec and the shipped thing
• Apply Collaboration and Cross-Functional Collaboration to solve day-to-day operational challenges
• Coordinate scheduling, resources, and logistics for assigned tasks
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Comfort being accountable for an unfussy outcome in a full-time role
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• 5+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• Demonstrated knack for making the detail-loving feel manageable
• Working knowledge of Written Communication alongside transferable Collaboration chops
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Sunnyvale, CA deadlines bring

3M is the hands-dirty Sunnyvale company that turned a niche general obsession into something the whole CA now uses. Ownership at 3M means you fix the broken thing even when nobody assigned it to you.

Combine $109,000 - $154,000 with growth, generous benefits, and a mentor, and you have the reason people stay at 3M for years.

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