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About 3M
3M is a diversified technology and manufacturing conglomerate producing thousands of products across healthcare, safety, electronics, transportation, and consumer goods. Industry: Diversified Manufacturing
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The Advanced Software Development Engineer joins a global team to design, develop, and support custom software applications for process development environments. This role focuses on creating scalable solutions for production manufacturing, including tools for process monitoring, data collection, workflow execution, and reporting. You will build applications that interface with PLCs, data historians, IoT platforms, and connected manufacturing systems while working with laboratory hardware to understand system constraints. Key responsibilities include developing dashboards, analytics applications, and AI/ML-enabled solutions for real-time operations. Required skills include experience in software development, industrial automation, or manufacturing software using languages like C#, .NET, Python, Java, or JavaScript. You will apply software engineering practices like version control and code review to solve technical problems in R&D and production scale-up environments.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn?
Median $169050 from 224 postings across 18 companies.
Design, develop, test, and support custom software applications for scalable production manufacturing environments.
Build applications for process monitoring, data collection, workflow execution, and real-time reporting.
Develop software solutions that interface with PLCs, data historians, and IoT platforms.
Create and enhance software for HMI, edge compute, and cloud/hybrid environments.
Support the development of dashboards, analytics applications, and AI/ML-enabled manufacturing solutions.
Troubleshoot issues across software, hardware, interfaces, and process systems to implement corrective actions.
Manage the full software lifecycle including architecture, version control, testing, and deployment.
Create technical documentation, user instructions, and support materials for sustainable implementation.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Information Systems.
Three years of experience in software development, industrial software, manufacturing software, automation-related software, or related technical work.
Experience designing, developing, testing, and supporting custom software applications (preferred).
Experience programming in C#, .NET, Python, Java, JavaScript, or similar (preferred).
Experience working with databases, APIs, system integrations, or connected data environments (preferred).
Experience developing software for smart manufacturing, process manufacturing, or industrial automation (preferred).
Experience with software lifecycle practices such as source control, testing, release management, and deployment support (preferred).
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