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. Additional Job Description As an Application Development Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. You will directly support our Automotive Market Segments supporting OEMs, Key Accounts, Tiers & Vendors and will make an impact by: Working closely with customers to capture their needs and creatively translate them into solutions that are either existing products or actionable requirements for new products across all subsystems in an automobile – e.g. Exterior, Interior, Body in White, e-Powertrain and Exhaust solutions. Leading technical interactions with customers to understand their needs, gathering their feedback and translating their requirements into product use requirements. Determining if existing 3M solutions meet customer needs or if a new product will be needed. Ensure alignment on requirements, timelines and milestones between the customer and 3M. Maintain/strengthen relationship with key account customers through regular visits, training, and tech events. Developing, supervising, and performing product evaluations to demonstrate product performance for our customers. Supporting winning business through data driven interactions with customers and developing customer specific application relevant data packages and product use information. Working with customers and 3M to develop wholistic solutions using 3M product as well as process understanding of automotive customers. Locally supporting product change projects, including raw material substitutions, manufacturing process modifications, and new product commercialization programs. Implementing product standards with our customers and completing associated documentation Identifying and validating test methods to prove and demonstrate product robustness in customer applications. Supporting New Product Introductions in collaboration with product development and other teams involved. Be an active participant at trials and evaluations in collaboration with peer technical and manufacturing teams to drive success and evaluations with our partners and suppliers. Leading the way on application development including responsibilities for ideation, documentation, feasibility analysis, and validation. Collaborating with and guide multiple teams to ensure the success of application implementation, including marketing, partners and suppliers, and customers. Providing application support and training to customers, including in-person visits and e-media development. Gaining a complete understanding of the application effectiveness by leading field trials and internal testing along with analyzing and presenting findings. Well-versed with RFQ-PPAP Processes in compliance to IATF16949 followed by Auto OEMs and under the governing principles of Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). Creating and protecting 3M intellectual property through the filing of new patent applications and trade secrets. Guiding and supporting the back-end team with new technology adoption trends in the markets, and be an active follower of those trends in India, Asia, and other places globally Represent the company in external conferences/ events. Be an active member of the Global Application Engineering Community. About You - Skills and Qualifications: To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or above (Post Graduate degree is preferable) in Mechanical and / or Materials Science Engineering / Allied subjects from a recognized and reputed university. Minimum 5 years of relevant Industry work experience, including but not limited to automotive, industrial segments and customers having sound application of Engineering fundamentals and problem solving. Digitally sound, with good knowledge of Chat GPT, Tableau, Power BI, having knowledge and understanding in 3D Modelling, and related technical tools along with familiarity with computer-aided simulation (FEM, CFD) Sound understanding and experience in EV battery technology and cell chemistry will be of significant advantage. Some knowledge of Business Financials will be an added advantage. Desired Soft Skills: Clear & persuasive communicator (both spoken and written) and presenter and having good verbal and written communication skills in English. Strong customer relations and interpersonal skills. Presenting results to technical and non-technical stakeholders/customers in a data-driven and convincing manner. Be a pathfinder to the team in driving new application opportunities and demonstrate eagerness to be involved alike. Passion in Automobile engineering, new age technology- learning and upskilling will be an added advantage. Solution seeker – ability to critically evaluate different solutions to address the needs of the market. Commercial intensity- track record to drive product to commercial success. Ability to manage risk and creativity to solve unusually hard problems with deep reasoning ability, both analytic and strategic - without being unipolar all the time. Leadership and networking skills and demonstrated ability to work in a cross functional team environment. Leadership and networking skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment. Remain as a motivator to peers in driving excellence and business performance and continually enhance self-credibility to command respect amongst peers, partners, suppliers, customers, and stakeholders (internal or external). Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M. 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