Solutions Architect

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.

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 Solutions Architect, 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 technical engagement with hyperscale datacenter customers and compute/networking silicon vendors, establishing new contacts and building lasting relationships.

Implementing trusted, side-by-side technical partnerships, translating their roadmaps and architecture requirements into actionable input for 3M product and technology teams.

Determining how emerging AI datacenter trends should shape the technology roadmap for 3M’s EBO program and communicating these insights to the broader datacenter team.

Supporting sales, applications engineering, and product development teams by providing deep technical context on customer architectures, use cases, and integration requirements.

Building conceptual demos and supporting technical marketing initiatives that showcase 3M EBO capabilities to hyperscale and datacenter audiences.

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 Electrical Engineering, Optical/Photonics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other technical field (completed and verified prior to start)

Five (5) years of experience working with hyperscale datacenter customers, AI architectures, optical interconnect, or co-packaged optics (CPO) technologies in a private, public, government or military environment

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

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical/Photonics Engineering, or a related technical field from an accredited institution

Direct experience engaging with XPU, compute, or switch vendors on system architecture and optical interconnect integration for AI/ML infrastructure

Skills include strong technical communication, customer focused, self-starting, relationship building, innovation, collaboration

Work location

Remote, Bay Area CA.

Travel: May include up to 30% domestic and international travel

Relocation: May be authorized

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.

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $164,612 - $201,193, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.