Application Engineer, Packaging Protection Solutions, Mexico City

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

As a Packaging Protection Solutions Application Engineer for Mexico within 3M’s Industrial Specialties Division, 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:

• Partnering closely with Sales teams to provide technical application support, strengthen customer relationships, help win new business, and defend at-risk business.
• Supporting packaging applications involving box sealing tapes, case sealing equipment, and related end-of-line packaging processes.
• Leading product trials, troubleshooting application challenges, and recommending solutions at customer sites across Mexico, with frequent travel required.
• Conducting laboratory testing and product validation to evaluate performance, equipment compatibility, and customer-specific application requirements.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to support new product introductions, gather customer feedback, and contribute to commercialization and growth initiatives.

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering (completed and verified prior to start).
• Five (5) years of application engineering and customer-facing technology development in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Intermediate/Advanced English level.

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

• Master's degree in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering or Material Science from an accredited institution.
• Experience with tapes and/or adhesives.
• Experience with equipment/machines.
• Current, valid Driver’s License.
• The ability to build personal relationships both internally at 3M and externally with customers.

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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