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3M Internship – 2025 Undergraduate Project Engineer Intern in Maplewood, Minnesota

Job Description:

Internship – 2025 Undergraduate Project Engineer Intern

The role of Undergraduate Project Engineer Intern is intended to start in Summer 2025.

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

An internship is a temporary position within 3M. Interns typically work a full-time schedule throughout a 10-12 week assignment. This position is limited to working 899 hours per service credit year.

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 an Undergraduate Project Engineer Intern, 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:

  • Working on hands-on projects within 3M plants, receiving an exceptional amount of practical experience

  • Focusing on Capital or Manufacturing Technology projects

  • Gaining an understanding of the process and identifying inefficiencies in the process

  • Working with other engineers in the factory and at the division level to brainstorm and prioritize process improvements that may improve yield and productivity in the plant

  • Developing and implementing creative and innovative process solutions in collaboration with cross-functional team members

  • Supporting the modification and improvement of existing process conditions, methods and/or solutions

  • Performing and coordinating product testing and verification for process changes in accordance with established test protocols

Your Skills and Expertise

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

  • Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, or higher, from an accredited institution.

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

  • Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree or higher in mechanical, manufacturing. industrial, or similar engineering discipline

  • Completed a minimum of sophomore year (4 semesters) by the start of the internship

  • Current cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale

Work location:

  • Menomonie, WI

  • Red Wing, MN

  • Hutchinson, MN

Travel: 25% Travel

3M provides eligible interns with a housing and transportation stipend in accordance with current policy.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

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.

Chat with Max

For assistance with searching through our current job openings or for more information about all things 3M, visit Max, our virtual recruiting assistant on 3M.com/careers.

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

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.

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

3M is an equal opportunity employer. 3M will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

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