Application Development Engineer

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Requirements Summary

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics. 3–5 years of experience in technical/application engineering, customer support, or related roles in automotive or allied industries.

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OtherDevelopment Engineer

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As an Application Development Engineer, you will leverage your technical expertise and mechanical aptitude to collaborate with OEMs, Tier suppliers, and cross-functional teams. You will play a critical role in developing, testing, and validating innovative automotive applications, driving customer-inspired solutions, and enabling process automation and tooling advancements.

Responsibilities

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Act as the primary technical interface with OEMs and Tier suppliers for 3M automotive solutions.
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Lead application development activities, including ideation, feasibility analysis, design documentation, and validation.
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Apply tooling knowledge and hands-on experience with automotive part suppliers to deliver optimized solutions.
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Conduct field trials, in-plant application support, and internal testing to validate product performance.
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Provide application support and training to customers, sales, and marketing teams, including leveraging digital/e-tools.
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Drive Customer Inspired Innovation (CII) programs through market specialization and product expertise.
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Collaborate across functions to solve complex problems and support the commercialization of new customer solutions.
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Ensure compliance with TS16949/QMS documentation, industry regulations, and safety/health/environmental policies.
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Support prototyping, sampling, and scaling-up activities, including obtaining customer prototype and tooled-sample approvals.
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Evaluate and audit product performance against customer-specific requirements.
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Provide timely corrective action plans for customer complaints.
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Apply 3M Six-Sigma methodologies to drive continuous improvement in work practices.

Requirements

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Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics.
3–5 years of experience in technical/application engineering, customer support, or related roles in automotive or allied industries.
Proven expertise in tooling design, manufacturing, and understanding material behavior during processing.
Hands-on experience in design-to-build fundamentals and lab-to-field scale-up.
Strong analytical, data-driven, and tech-savvy mindset.
Excellent communication skills with fluency in English and comfort working in a global environment.
Self-motivated, collaborative, and capable of working independently.

Experience in customer-facing technical roles in OEM/Tier supplier environments.
Exposure to prototyping, sampling, and validation processes.
Knowledge of industry standards, regulations, and automotive quality systems (TS16949/QMS).
Certification/experience in Six-Sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies.

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