# Senior Application Engineer

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Remote - Texas
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $124,127 - $151,710
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

3M is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to support automotive OEM and Tier customers across Western & Southwest United States.

The Senior Application Engineer will provide technical application expertise, customer-facing engineering support, and solution development for 3M automotive technologies used in vehicle design, manufacturing, assembly, repair, and performance applications.

Key responsibilities include:

- Establishing yourself as the 3M technical lead to automotive key account customers in West Coast and Southwest United States.

- Engaging with OEMs & Tier suppliers to understand requirements and recommend suitable solutions.

- Visiting customer production facilities to support in-line assessments and identify 3M solution needs as well as advise on best application practices.

- Coordinating test validation activities to ensure approvals are achieved, meeting customer timelines.

- Understanding customers' technology roadmaps, upcoming design needs and challenges, effectively communicating those insights to the Product Development team for new product introduction proposals.

- Providing hands-on technical guidance, troubleshooting, and performance analysis for customers.

- Actively seeking out new business opportunities while engaging with customers.

- Lead internal cross-functional teams to drive and support actions relating to high-impact customer needs.

- Travel regularly across Western and Southwest United States to support customer engagements.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or science.

- Four (4) years of experience providing technical support for vehicle applications with automotive OEMs, Tier suppliers, or in automotive manufacturing environments.

Preferred qualifications:

- Experience in an engineering, application engineering, technical service, product development, manufacturing, or customer-facing technical role.

- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and validation requirements.

- Ability to travel within the assigned territory, including customer site visits across Western/Southwest United States.

- Experience with automotive materials, adhesives, tapes, films, abrasives, coatings, sealants, surface protection, bonding, masking, thermal management, acoustic solutions, or related technologies.

- Familiarity with automotive product development cycles, platform launches, validation processes, and supplier qualification requirements.

- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes such as assembly, paint, body-in-white, trim, battery/electrification systems, repair, or component production.

- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical issues in customer production or application environments.

- Experience supporting both OEM and Tier customer accounts.

- Ability to work independently in a field-based role while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple customer priorities and technical initiatives.

- Proficiency with CRM systems, technical documentation, and standard business software tools.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presenting skills.

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

Benefits include Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences, and Retirement Benefits.

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## Skills

### Required
- engineering
- science
- automotive materials
- manufacturing processes

### Nice to have
- application engineering
- technical service
- product development
- project management
- CRM systems

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