Lead Application Engineer

About This Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting‑edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

• The Lead Application Engineer is a strategic role supporting board level encapsulant application development and customers field service needs.
• This position acts as the interface between field and lab in capturing and translating customers’ needs for new applications and products.
• Some specifics include design and administration of internal screening evaluations of developmental and commercialized products, optimization of material assembly processes and direct interaction with customers to troubleshoot and solve product and process related problems.
• Knowledge of circuit board encapsulant products and surface mount technology are required.
• Demonstrated direct customer engagement skills are also required.
• This role requires close collaboration with cross‑functional teams globally.
• This role also needs to provide global on‑site support at Henkel’s customers as needed.
• Knowledge of liquid application equipment and process are highly valued.
• In addition, the individual needs to travel up to 25% globally, covering all Henkel’s consumer electronics manufacturing customers.
• This multifaceted role requires approximately 50% of the time working with Lab‑Application Engineering personnel to bridge customer needs and 50% of the time working directly with the customers on technical support.

• A bachelor/master’s degree with 7+ years of working experience or a doctor’s degree with 5+ years of working experience in R&D or application engineering field
• Education in engineering or material science discipline is required
• Direct customer support experience is required
• Experience in material handling such as dispensing and printing is a plus
• Knowledge of statistical analysis using Min Tab and/or JMP is desirable
• Demonstrated ability in working with a cross‑functional Sales/Product Development/Marketing team is highly desirable

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work‑Life Balance:
  Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12‑week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $- $. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.