Lead Application Engineer

About the Position

Lead Application Engineer – Adhesive Technologies, United States, Irvine, CA. Full Time, Regular.

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that shapes the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With trusted brands like Persil, All®, Loctite, Snuggle, and Schwarzkopf and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit, where we empower people to transform industries and provide 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.
• 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 is required.
• Demonstrated direct customer engagement skills are required.
• Requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams globally.
• Provides global on-site support at Henkel's customers as needed.
• Knowledge of liquid application equipment and processes is highly valued.
• Travel up to 25% globally, covering all Henkel’s consumer electronics manufacturing customers.
• This role requires approximately 50% time working with Lab‑Application Engineering personnel to bridge customer needs and 50% time working directly with customers on technical support.

• Bachelor/Master’s degree with 7+ years of experience or Doctorate with 5+ years in R&D or application engineering
• Engineering or materials 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 Minitab and/or JMP is desirable
• Experience working with cross-functional Sales/Product Development/Marketing teams is desirable

• Health insurance: medical, dental, vision and wellbeing plans starting on day 1
• Work-life balance: paid time off, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy/sell
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family support: parental leave, fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elder care, and scholarships
• Career growth: access to skills development courses and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $ – $. This range represents good-faith expectation and may be adjusted. We may pay more or less than the posted range in the future.

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Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected categories.

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Job Location s: United States, CA, Irvine, CA

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