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What they do

3M applies science to improve lives every day, with customers around the world. Its Postings name business groups for safety and industrial products, transportation and electronics, and consumer products. Divisions include Personal Safety, Abrasive Systems, Automotive Aftermarket, and Electrical Markets. Many roles work at the 3M Center in Maplewood, Minnesota.

What they value

• Commit to innovation, with freedom to explore.
• Encourage curiosity and creativity.
• Gain new insight from diverse thinking.
• Take risks on new ideas.
• Support and guide people as they grow their careers.

Where they hire

The board has 704 Postings, and 332 are in the US, most in Minnesota and Texas. Many are in India (mostly Bangalore), the Philippines, China, and Mexico. Most roles are on site, often four days a week. About 74 are remote, mostly field sales. US Postings say you must have the right to work without visa sponsorship.

Teams and roles

Sales and manufacturing are the largest groups.

• Sales: inside sales, field sales representatives with a territory, key account managers, and area sales managers.
• Manufacturing and maintenance: process engineers, manufacturing engineers, supervisors on rotating shifts, technicians, and machine operators.
• Research and development: product developers, application engineers, and R&D leaders.
• Business services in Bangalore: SAP leads, finance, treasury, tax, procurement, and supply chain roles.
• Information technology and security: software engineers, network security, and cybersecurity architects.
• Marketing, quality, environment, health and safety, design, and legal roles.

What they look for

More than half of Postings ask for a bachelor's degree, and many say it must be complete and verified before you start. A US software engineer role asks for a computer science or engineering degree and 3 years of experience, and a process engineer role asks for an engineering degree. A field sales role asks for 3 years of territory sales and a valid driver's license. The SAP finance lead asks for 8 or more years of SAP FI/CO, SAP's finance and cost accounting tools. Postings list extra skills that help, such as design systems (shared sets of design parts), C# or Python, or Salesforce. Many roles include 10 to 25 percent travel.