Application Development Engineer

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Job Description:

Position: Application Engineer- IATD

Reporting to: Lab Manager – IATD   Country R&D Lab Leader

Location: Pune Ranjangaon Plant

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Lead Application engineering West Territory- Pune & Pune Annex
• Drive Applications, Specifications End Use – Automotive, Appliance, General Industrial, Specialty Vehicles & Other Manufacturing segments.
• Support and grow Pune converter markets customers- Converters- Drive faster application conversions.
• Based out of 3M Ranjangaon Pune facility Expand the Lab footprints and leverage lab for region customers from an application engineering standpoint.

KEY FOCUS AREAS

• Application Development
• Product Field Evaluation & Field support
• Leading & Influencing
• Educate- Trainings
• Digital tools and Simulation
• Customer Process and Materials Understanding
• Competitive intelligence/ Insights
• Specification & Technical Database Management
• Marketing Support- External events and Publications
• Lab Management & Safety- Lab Safety

Application Development:

Identify new areas of application for IATD products, understand customer requirements and translate to technical specifications to identify the right product, trials and approvals, demonstrate value befits of 3M IATD solutions by giving complete solution and considering entire life cycle of the product, Identify new markets and growth opportunities etc.

Product Field Evaluations & Field Support:

Connect between customer and 3M product development team, VOC, QFD, FMEA etc., Input new product ideas, Field trials and feedback for new products, drafting specifications for new product, adhere to 3M systems for new product introduction scheme, etc. Provide technical support to sales and marketing team, explore opportunities in identified market segments, product recommendations, key account management, provide technical documentation, SOPs, trial reports etc. Network with other 3M subs and act as reservoir of technical information to the business team.

Leading & Influencing:

Role of industry expert, Participate and contribute in Standards and committees like BIS, influencing industry specifications and regulations, work with govt agencies, regulatory bodies and other industrial organizations, participate and present papers in seminars/ conferences, publish articles in journals and industry magazines etc.

Educate Trainings:

Independently should be able to conduct trainings at Customer place, 3M center on 3M Solutions relevant for IATD.

Digital Tools & Simulation:

Should be able to comprehend Material Properties used for generating Material data cards, educate customer on MDC properties, Finite elemental analysis for Simulation studies.

Customer Process & Material Understanding:

Should be able to navigate design to Scale journey of customer demonstrating the material science and process understanding to drive ASPEC(Assembly Substrate, Process, End use & Cist) aspect of Value selling for 3M Bonding continuum.

Competitive Intelligence/ Insights

Competition benchmarking, exploratory studies of competition products for proper product positioning, generate data on competition products, develop competitive intelligence in terms of their new products, strategies and formulate counter strategies etc.

Training:

Provide training to 3M Internal sales and marketing team, new joinees, Distributer training, Online training, field / shop floor training to customer for proper use of 3M solutions, preparing training calendar and training modules, feedback and other documentations etc.

Specification & Technical Database Management:

Create specifications for in-house manufactured products, draft tender and application centric specifications, update and manage appropriate technical data bases for products & applications, document visit & trial reports, technical bulletins etc.

Business Support:

Participate in business planning and make strategic technical plans to support business, help to create demo tools, sales tools, technical verification for brochure and other documents, VOM & VOC surveys, portfolio planning etc.

Lab Management:

Develop lab infrastructure to support business plans, plan for equipment's and ordering, help engineering team with the right specifications of equipment, quotes, reviewing vendor etc., Plan, procure & maintain samples, PPEs and necessary tools for the lab work, adhere to lab safety etc. Conduct lab evaluations for customer substrates, competition bench marking, product evaluations and generating technical reports.

Intellectual Property / Insights

Adhere to 3M corporate Intellectual property methods and guidelines etc. Should map Insights and VOC from customers at Technology level, Segment level and capture in SFDC Innovation Hub.

Code of Conduct & Compliance:

Drive and ensure strict adherence to the defined 3M Code of Business Conduct, Conformation to all 3M financial and administrative systems, Adhere to lab working and EHS norms, Compliance with all statutory and regulatory norms, Ensuring effective and commercially appropriate trade agreements and contracts etc.

PROFILE :

• Graduate / Postgraduate in Engineering, preferably in Polymer/ Rubber/ Chemical Technology
• Minimum 8-10 years of industrial experience and in functions that involve interaction with customers preferably in technical service or Application engineering.
• Experience in Digital and Automation exposure is required including simulations and Proto typing in required.
• Skills and aptitude to identify new applications, new opportunities and customer pain areas and value selling
• Good understanding of shop floor activities and processes, product application requirements and relation to technical parameters in their own specific field.
• Comfortable in handling testing equipment, and analytical instruments.
• Good understanding about IP protocols and procedures
• Excellent analytical skills, written & oral communication skills, presentation skills are a must
• Exposure six sigma, statistical tools, IP etc would be an advantage
•  Team player, able to plan & work independently with minimum supervision
• Able to network effectively and efficiently with internal and external customers, and should have good key account management skills

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