Machine Learning Quality Assurance Lead at 3M in Maplewood, Minnesota

Job Description:

Job Description:

Machine Learning Quality Assurance Lead

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 96,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.

“A long-lasting career at 3M comes from having vision, imagination and the ability to see what doesn’t exist. 3Mers are groundbreaking innovators and it’s important that we give every person the space for disruptive and creative thinking.” – John Banovetz, senior vice president and chief technology officer at 3M 

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Machine Learning Quality Assurance Lead you will be a part of a team developing world-class processes and tools integrating machine learning and statistical computing into everyday business critical operations ranging from inventory optimization to omnichannel marketing optimization. You will play a critical role in architecting & developing cloud solutions that employ the latest machine learning and AI technologies. 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:

• Collaborating to define & invent quality assurance environments with testing strategies for proprietary software systems


• Innovating at the intersection of statistics, AI, and complex systems optimization


• Working with cross-functional business and technical teams to apply your unique skills to drive new to the world data science capabilities and drive business results.

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 (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and three (3) years of applied ML in a private, public, government or military environment OR Highschool Diploma (equivalent) (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and Six (6) years of applied ML in a private, public, government or military environment


• Experience with instrumentation and performance profiling of ML models with large memory requirements and tight response tolerances in a private, public, government or military environment


• Experience with data augmentation, synthetic data, and similar techniques for improving model quality and testing scalability in a private, public, government or military environment


• Familiarity with common metrics for ML quality such as accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, AUC, ROC, etc.

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

• Good understanding of probability and statistics and their applications to AI/ML software quality evaluation


• Experience deploying blackbox and automated testing strategies


• Experience employing statistical computing/data science toolsets including R and Python


• Experience in the testing of enterprise-grade ML platforms


• Knowledge and experience with different types of testing strategies


• Completed graduate course(s) in statistical computing, machine learning, advanced experimental design, and multivariate analysis


• Experience with Multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem space

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be Authorized

Location: Maplewood, MN and may consider remote U.S. work location

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. 

Resources for You 

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. 

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M.

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

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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