Sr. Product Development Engineer

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges. While we continue updating the Solventum Careers Page and applicant materials, some documents may still reflect legacy branding. Please note that all listed roles are Solventum positions, and our Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ applies to any personal information you submit. As it was with 3M, at Solventum all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Job Description

Sr. Product Development Engineer

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
 

As a Sr. Product 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. Here, you will make an impact by:

How you will make an impact

• Invent, formulate, and develop chemical and materials solutions to create and improve novel dental products
• Collaborate across R&D within Solventum, including internationally, to advance projects
• Generate intellectual property through the filing of new patent applications leading to commercialized products
• Complete work with little supervision and working well in a team
• Drive inventions from concept, design, development, and scale-up for seamless commercialization

Your Skills and Expertise 
 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Ph.D. Degree in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, polymer science or related discipline (STEM) from an accredited institution.

AND

In addition to the above requirements, the following are also required:

• Ability to work in-person daily at the Eagan, MN site.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, including documentation of work
• Demonstrated interest and ability to make connections between science/technology and products that solve customer problems
• Strong record of generating publications

• Experience working in a chemistry, chemical engineering, or materials laboratory 

Work location:

• Onsite Eagan, Minnesota, USA

Travel: May include up to 15% domestic and international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

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