Asia Application Engineering Specialist - Respiratory Protection

About the role

3M is looking for an experienced Application Engineer to act as the Asia Product Specialist for its Respiratory Protection portfolio, covering reusable and disposable respirators. The role combines regional technical leadership across Asia with hands-on application engineering support for the Korea market, partnering with customers, sales, R&D, regulatory, quality and manufacturing teams.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the Asia technical subject matter expert for respiratory protection products and support business teams across Asia
• Support strategic customer opportunities, key accounts and emerging market trends
• Provide technical consultation, product demonstrations, application assessments and training to distributors, channel partners and end users
• Conduct customer visits, field trials and technical presentations, and gather customer feedback
• Support new product commercialization, including validation, beta testing and customer evaluations
• Investigate customer complaints and product issues, and work with Quality, Manufacturing and R&D to find root causes
• Support product certification, regulatory compliance and conformance evaluations across Asia
• Collaborate with Business, Sales, Marketing, R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs and Supply Chain teams

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred
• 8+ years of experience in Application Engineering, Technical Service, Product Development, Industrial Safety, Respiratory Protection or PPE
• Demonstrated experience supporting industrial customers and working with regional or global cross-functional teams
• Experience with new product introduction and commercialization preferred
• Knowledge of quality systems, complaint handling or regulatory compliance is advantageous
• Approximately 40-50% travel within Korea and across Asia

Required skills

• Respiratory protection technologies and PPE applications
• Industrial hazard assessment, risk mitigation and product testing and validation
• Root cause analysis and regulatory compliance
• Project and stakeholder management
• Strong technical communication, presentation and collaboration skills