Platform Application Engineer - Semiconductors in Maplewood, MN

Job title: Platform Application Engineer - Semiconductors in Maplewood, MN at 3M
Company: 3M
Job description: Job Description:Platform Application Engineer - SemiconductorsCollaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the WorldChoosing 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 Application Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Tape Solutions for Semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing processes: Among 3M's many tape products, our product platform offers tape products that are used as consumable materials in our customers' manufacturing processes. Their common performance requirements are to provide the performance needed in the customer's manufacturing process and to be easily removed after use without leaving a residue. Our typical products include adhesive tapes for fixing pads in CMP, and tapes for masking specific areas of electronic components in processes such as resin molding, plating, and etching.
• Customer Engagement: In this role, with the ultimate goal of providing solutions that meet the comprehensive goals ( sometimes even potential needs) of our customers, you stay in constant contact with target customers and work with our international product development teams to continually explore the best options for our customers and the proposals that differentiate us from competing materials suppliers.
• Data Package Preparation: You not only deliver valuable information (pain points and product performance requirements) obtained from our customers to our product development team, but sometimes you also find applications and usage conditions that maximize the performance of our products through your own experiments in the lab and provide these data packages to customers, thereby gaining their trust in 3M products.
• Investigation of the cause of performance failures at customers: In the event of an unexpected performance failure at customers, you work closely with the customer and take a leadership role in resolving the issue immediately. You collect the problem product lot from the customers and lead your own experiments to determine the cause of the problem, with advice from our internal tape experts.
• Utilize semiconductor expertise and experience: In the above role, you are able to fully utilize your knowledge and insight into the semiconductor manufacturing process gained through your extensive experience in the semiconductor and electronic component industries.

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)
• Three (3) years of technical service, application development, or product development in a private, public, government or military environment

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

• Master’s degree or higher in chemical engineering, materials science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, or physics from an accredited institution
• Five years of technical service, application development, or product development in a private, public, government or military environment
• Skills include proven experience designing adhesive and/or PSA tape products, extensive knowledge of the semiconductor market and in-depth knowledge of the manufacturing process and materials used therein.

Work location:

• Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to 3M Center at least 2 days per week)
• 3M Center, Minnesota, US

Travel: May include up toRelocation Assistance: May be authorizedMust 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 (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).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. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.Supporting Your Well-being3M 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.Chat with MaxFor assistance with searching through our current job openings or for more information about all things 3M, visit Max, our virtual recruiting assistant on 3M.com/careers.Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $122,292 - $149,468, 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 05/22/2025 To 06/21/2025 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.Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M.Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.3M Global Terms of Use and Privacy StatementCarefully read these Terms of Use before using this website. Your access to and use of this website and application for a job at 3M are conditioned on your acceptance and compliance with these terms.Please access the linked document by clicking select the country where you are applying for employment, and review. Before submitting your application, you will be asked to confirm your agreement with the terms.
Expected salary: $122292 - 149468 per year
Location: Maplewood, MN
Job date: Fri, 23 May 2025 22:29:20 GMT
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