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From the employer's careers site First seen 29 Oct 2026

Senior Quality Engineer

3M Maplewood, MN On-site senior full-time

Salary

$124,127 - $151,710 per year

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Description

As a Senior Quality Engineer at 3M, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative 3Mers around the world and make an impact by leading a Quality team that honors diversity and fosters positive global partnerships.

You will support "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.

Key responsibilities include:

  • 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 such as 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.
  • Identifying product quality improvement opportunities and Product Process Understanding (PPU) and is efficient in making project proposals, prioritizing, collaborating, and executing priority programs
  • Providing statistical insights through control chart analysis, manufacturing and test method capability analysis, and experimental designs

Requirements include:

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline
  • Two (2) years of combined plant experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Quality Engineering and/or Product Engineering

Preferred qualifications include:

  • Experience in manufacturing and quality requirements in a high-tech industry
  • 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
  • Certifications in quality engineering, quality auditing or quality management from American Society for Quality-ASQ

The expected compensation range for this position is $124,127 - $151,710, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • DQM
  • House of Quality
  • PPU
  • Statistics
  • APQP
  • FMEA
  • control plans
  • PPAP
  • SAP
  • PLM

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://3m.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Search/job/US-Minnesota-Maplewood/Senior-Quality-Engineer-_R01163829-1

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