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Job Description:
- Leading product and technology development programs related to structural bonding solutions aligned to business portfolio strategy and industry needs.
- Collaborating with research teams from Global division/business group Labs, Corporate Research Labs and cross function teams to ensure a leadership position in the markets we serve from both performance and sustainability perspective.
- Create and protect 3Mintellectual property through the filing of new patent applications and / or development of trade secrets.
- Ph.D. in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering or Chemistry from an accredited university
- Minimum of five (5) years of combined experience working in product, process and / or technology development with common adhesive systems (e.g. acrylic, epoxy, urethane, light curing, pressure sensitive and/or bonding film)
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience working in product development with structural bonding systems.
- Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Rich experience with new product, process and/or technology scale-up and deployment of new technologies.
- Proven experience designing new adhesive systems linking customer needs to product requirements in a private or public environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including communicating with colleagues around the globe as well as manufacturing counterparts.
- Demonstrated work related leadership ability, collaboration, accomplishments and mentoring.
- Able to identify technical uncertainties, propose resolving hypothesis and build plans to verify.
- Passion and curiosity to address industry challenges.
- Self-motivated with a strong growth mindset.
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