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Product Development Chemist

3M
Indianapolis, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 11/19/2025 CLOSED ON 12/18/2025

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Job Description

Product Development Chemist

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

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 wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Product Development Chemist, You Will Have The Opportunity To Tap Into Your Curiosity And Collaborate With Some Of The Most Innovative People Around The World. Here, You Will Make An Impact By


  • Leading the development and launch of new products that solve complex challenges in noise, vibration, and thermal control.
  • Supporting manufacturing processes improvement, ensuring our products are made efficiently and effectively.
  • Collaborating with our corporate research and business labs, expanding our technical capabilities and exploring new applications.
  • Seamlessly working with diverse teams from application, operations, quality to legal to ensure our innovations make it from concept to customer.
  • Expanding and safeguarding our intellectual property by filing new patents, publishing your groundbreaking work, and presenting at technical conferences.


Your Skills And Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:


  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Material Science, or a science discipline (completed and verified prior to start) .
  • Three (3) combined years of laboratory experience in technology and/or product development for noise, vibration, and thermal control in a private, public, government or military environment.


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


  • Master’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Material Science, or a relevant discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
  • Five (5) years of hands-on laboratory experience in technology and product development for NVH and thermal control, especially with elastomers and acoustic foam.
  • Proven project management skills and experience in successfully commercializing new products.
  • Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively.
  • Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
  • A knack for generating novel ideas and applying them creatively to both existing and new products.


Work location:


  • Indianapolis, Indiana


Travel: May include up to 15% [domestic/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).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum.

To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

Supporting Your Well-being

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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Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M.

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

Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.

Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

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