Senior Application Engineer, (Automotive & Aerospace)

3M has a long-standing reputation as a company committed to innovation. We provide the freedom to explore and encourage curiosity and creativity. We gain new insight from diverse thinking, and take risks on new ideas. Here, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matter.Job Description:Understand customer needs by working with the technical teams, business and directly with customers as applicable – auto OEMs and their Tier Supplies; use 3M products and technology to understand, and articulate technical solutions for use in the Automotive domain, applicable but not limited to attachment solutions, engineered films, materials for noise vibration and harshness, high temperature resistant solutions and thermal management applications. Understanding current standards, customer requirements and competitive threats and empower and enable business to become more competitive.Drives growth through customer collaboration, new application development, and new product commercialization. Leverages 3M to drive Customer Inspired Innovation (CII) programs through market specialization that complement product expertise. Proactively contributes to the development of value propositions for effective commercialization. Coordinates and leads field trials with customers or evaluates local competition and marketing practices. Replicates and develops product/market applications with focus on new application development and efficient replication leveraging e-tools. Demonstrates fluency in industry standards, practices, and regulations and becomes involved with industry bodies that set the standards, harnesses insights from market and customer process expertise.