Job Description: Leads programs of major importance to the organisation's interests leading to and/or supporting innovative applications and extensions of new and existing technologies, products and/or businesses.

You will make an impact by:

• Supporting product development, solving problems, and commercialisation across various business segments using your analytical expertise.
• Improving or developing analytical methods or technology to support product developments.
• Addressing a wide range of customer challenges through analytical perspectives and working collaboratively with customers to develop effective solutions.
• Partnering with laboratory teams across division labs, manufacturing teams, and global counterparts to drive successful product development and commercialisation.

Your Skills and Experiences:

• Master's degree in Organic Chemistry is required; Ph.D. is preferred.
• Hands-on experience operating GC/MS, LC/MS, NMR, FT-IR, Raman microscopy, and related analytical instruments.
• Practical skills in sample preparation, spectral analysis, and data interpretation.
• Experience in analytical method development and optimisation tailored to product and business needs.
• Ability to provide analytical consultation and propose appropriate analytical approaches to solve technical problems.
• Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to accuracy, and solid communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Japanese.
• Ability to demonstrate our performance culture behaviours.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work with innovative and diverse people
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Professional growth and development opportunities

Safety: 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.

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Key responsibilities include:

• Product improvement and new application development based on customer and business team requests
• Analysis of competitor products and identification of strengths and areas for improvement for our products
• Technical proposals based on customer issues and market needs
• Technical support for the business team
• Support for customer introduction through product testing and trials
• Product training and technical information dissemination for customers and internal members
• Development of e-tools (web, video, etc.) and their utilisation for efficient product introduction and training

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Major in electrical engineering or mechanical engineering

Preferred qualifications:

• Electrical engineer or electrical principal engineer certification
• Experience working for a power company, electrical contractor, or cable manufacturer
• English language skills or willingness to engage in English-based work

We are looking for individuals who:

• Want to contribute to society through technology
• Can think logically and take initiative to solve problems
• Are interested in customer and site voices
• Have a desire to continuously learn new technologies and knowledge
• Can collaborate smoothly with internal and external stakeholders

This role offers:

• The opportunity to support social infrastructure related to power and contribute to society
• Involvement in growth areas such as renewable energy and data centres
• Product improvement and new application development based on customer and market voices
• Utilisation of 3M's diverse technologies and expertise to tackle challenges
• Opportunities to work in a global environment with domestic production bases and overseas teams

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The position involves proposing optimal coating technologies based on material properties and process conditions for products such as adhesives, films, tapes, and functional materials. You will contribute to practical technology development from laboratory scale to pilot scale and toward manufacturing implementation.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop coating processes for adhesive, film, tape, and functional material products used in a broad range of markets, including automotive, industrial, electronics, and consumer-related applications.
• Evaluate coating conditions by considering material properties, coating liquid characteristics, substrate properties, drying conditions, film thickness control, and other relevant process parameters.
• Conduct coating trials, evaluations, and process optimization at laboratory and pilot scales, and support scale-up activities toward manufacturing implementation.
• Analyze experimental data and evaluation results to identify key factors affecting coating quality, film thickness uniformity, appearance defects, drying performance, yield, and process stability.
• Perform root cause analysis of coating-related technical issues, develop improvement proposals, and verify solutions to support product development and manufacturing process improvement.
• Support the introduction of new coating equipment and related process equipment, including equipment specification review, start-up evaluation, and establishment of process conditions.
• Collaborate with business laboratories, manufacturing, quality, process engineering, Corporate R&D, and global technical teams.
• Work with operators/technicians on pilot lab coaters to give operation and/or safety direction for equipment operation.
• Prepare technical reports and clearly communicate trial results, analysis findings, technical issues, and improvement proposals to internal stakeholders and, when appropriate, customers.

Basic qualifications:

• Master's degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Fundamental knowledge in one or more of the following areas: organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, fluid mechanics, transport phenomena, or process engineering.
• Hands-on experience in coating, drying, lamination, film processing, or related process development.
• Knowledge or experience with at least one coating method, such as slot die, knife, gravure, roll, curtain, or spray coating.
• Basic knowledge of adhesives, resins, films, dispersions, solvent-based or water-based materials, or functional materials.
• Experience in prototyping, evaluation, process condition development, or scale-up at laboratory, pilot, or manufacturing scale.
• Experience analyzing and improving coating quality, film thickness uniformity, drying conditions, appearance defects, or process stability.
• Experience related to new equipment introduction, equipment specification review, start-up, or process condition establishment.
• Experience in experimental planning, data analysis, and technical report writing.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and explain technical topics clearly.
• Willingness to learn new materials, process technologies, and equipment technologies and apply them to practical R&D activities.
• Native-level Japanese and business-level English proficiency.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of materials science, polymer science, adhesives, films, or functional materials.
• Experience designing or handling adhesives, resins, solvent-based or water-based materials, dispersions, or coating liquids.
• Practical experience with coating methods such as slot die, knife, gravure, roll, curtain, or spray coating.
• Experience in trial execution, process condition development, or scale-up from laboratory scale to pilot or manufacturing scale.
• Experience in root cause analysis and improvement of coating defects, film thickness variation, drying issues, appearance defects, or process instability.
• Experience in specification review, installation, start-up, or implementation of new coating equipment or related process equipment.
• Product development or technical support experience in automotive, industrial, electronics, or consumer-related products.
• Experience handling material evaluation data, coating condition data, physical property test data, or quality evaluation data.
• Experience communicating technical topics with global teams, business teams, manufacturing teams, or customers.

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