Senior Application Engineer
Employment Information
Report this job
Job expired or something wrong with this job?
Job Description
Senior Application Engineer supporting 3M automotive technologies for OEM and Tier customers. Providing field-based technical guidance, validation, troubleshooting, and solution development across Central Texas and the Southwest.
Responsibilities:
- Support automotive OEM and Tier customers across Western & Southwest United States
- Provide technical application expertise, customer-facing engineering support, and solution development for 3M automotive technologies
- Establish yourself as the 3M technical lead to automotive key account customers in West Coast and Southwest United States
- Engage with OEMs and Tier suppliers to understand requirements and recommend suitable solutions
- Visit customer production facilities to support in-line assessments, identify 3M solution needs, and advise on best application practices
- Coordinate test validation activities to achieve approvals and meet customer timelines
- Understand customers’ technology roadmaps, design needs, and challenges, and communicate insights to Product Development for new product introduction proposals
- Provide hands-on technical guidance, troubleshooting, and performance analysis
- Seek new business opportunities while engaging with customers
- Lead internal cross-functional teams on high-impact customer needs
- Travel regularly across Western and Southwest United States for customer engagements
- Comply with corporate policies, procedures, security standards, and safety requirements; contribute to 3M’s EHS culture
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or science, completed and verified prior to start
- Four (4) years of experience providing technical support for vehicle applications with automotive OEMs, Tier suppliers, or in automotive manufacturing environments
- Experience in an engineering, application engineering, technical service, product development, manufacturing, or customer-facing technical role
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and validation requirements
- Ability to travel within the assigned territory, including customer site visits across Western/Southwest United States
- Experience with automotive materials, adhesives, tapes, films, abrasives, coatings, sealants, surface protection, bonding, masking, thermal management, acoustic solutions, or related technologies
- Familiarity with automotive product development cycles, platform launches, validation processes, and supplier qualification requirements
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes such as assembly, paint, body-in-white, trim, battery/electrification systems, repair, or component production
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical issues in customer production or application environments
- Experience supporting both OEM and Tier customer accounts
- Ability to work independently in a field-based role while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple customer priorities and technical initiatives
- Proficiency with CRM systems, technical documentation, and standard business software tools
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presenting skills
- Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Accounts
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Disability Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits
- Paid Absences
- Retirement Benefits
- Employee agreement covering confidentiality, trade secrets, conflicts of interest, inventions, and potentially non-compete/non-solicitation obligations
- Up to 40% domestic/local travel may be included
Similar Jobs
Application Engineer, Automotive Vertical
3M Application Engineer supporting automotive customers across Mexico. Translating technical needs into material and process solutions while leading trials, validation, and commercialization.
Field Application Engineer – Tissue & Towel
Field Application Engineer supporting Henkel Adhesives’ Tissue & Towel customers. Delivering onsite technical service, troubleshooting, process optimization, and tailored adhesive solutions.
Application Engineer – Industrial Water Treatment
Applications Engineer servicing industrial water-treatment systems for Solenis. Supporting customers across the Hamburg region through chemical monitoring, maintenance, and digital solutions.
Applications Engineer – Quotations Specialist
Applications Engineer developing technical and commercial quotations for Innomotics’ motors, VFDs, and drive systems. Supporting mining and heavy-industrial projects across Canada.
Advanced Application Development Engineer – Electronic Materials
Application development engineer leading laboratory programs, technical support, and NPI commercialization for Momentive’s advanced silicones and specialty materials in Taiwan.
Senior Application Security Engineer – GenAI Security Evaluation
Application security engineer evaluating SAST detection of LLM-agent and RAG vulnerabilities. Building vulnerable, fixed, and negative repositories for Gramian’s AI security evaluation project.
Senior Application Security Engineer – GenAI Security Evaluation
Application Security Engineer evaluating LLM agent and RAG vulnerabilities for Gramian Consultancy. Building security test repositories and assessing SAST tools.
Senior Application Security Engineer, Burp Suite DAST
Senior Application Security Engineer running enterprise DAST and SAST programs for a federal financial regulatory agency. Integrating security scans into CI/CD pipelines and designing controls for government systems.
Enterprise Application Engineer
Enterprise Application Engineer designing secure, automated server infrastructure for STCU, a member-focused credit union. Leading enterprise application deployments, monitoring, integrations, and system architecture.
Workshop Instructor – Electrical Application Engineer
ETAP Electrical Application Engineer delivering power-system workshops and digital learning content. Supporting customers with ETAP modeling, analysis, and technical demonstrations across North America.
Senior Security Engineer – Application Security
Senior Security Engineer securing OutSystems’ AI-powered enterprise low-code platform. Driving application security, automation, and secure-by-default practices across AI and agentic systems.
Application Integration Engineer
Application Integration Engineer designing secure APIs, integrations, and automation for Torc Robotics’ autonomous-truck software ecosystem. Supporting enterprise systems, data flows, and IT automation platforms.
Application Engineer – Building Systems
Application Engineer supporting construction insulation systems, technical compliance, and sales at Knauf Insulation. Coordinating architects, designers, stakeholders, and product development.
Field Application Engineer
Field Application Engineer helping Australian customers evaluate and adopt AMD FPGA, Adaptive SoC, and embedded x86 technologies. Supporting customer solutions through demonstrations, technical guidance, and specialist coordination.
Application Engineer – Cutting Tools
Application Engineer supporting Seco Tools' advanced metal-cutting solutions in Querétaro. Advising sales and customers through machining applications, training, troubleshooting, and product development.
Application Engineer – Cutting Tools
Application Engineer supporting Seco Tools’ advanced metal-cutting solutions in Querétaro. Providing technical sales support, CNC expertise, customer training, and productivity improvements.
Application Engineer – Cutting Tools
Application Engineer supporting sales, customers, and product growth for Seco Tools’ advanced metal-cutting solutions. Delivering machining expertise, training, troubleshooting, and technical projects in Querétaro.
Windows Systems Engineer – Application Packaging, Endpoint Environment
Windows Systems Engineer modernizing Tier One Technologies’ Windows endpoint environment. Packaging applications, automating remediation, and supporting enterprise device management.
Electrification Services Application Engineer
ABB field application engineer developing power-services proposals for industrial, utility, and commercial customers. Delivering technical solutions across the MD/DC/NJ/VA region with 25%-50% travel.
Senior Application Development Engineer
Senior Application Development Engineer building SQL Server, C#, and SSIS healthcare correspondence systems at Centene. Supporting claims data, letter generation, ETL workflows, and enterprise healthcare reporting.