Lead Application Engineer - Inks & Coatings - Urgently Hiring!

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.

What you´ll do

Directly interact and communicate with external customers to value sell Henkel’s adhesives, coatings & inks.

Act as subject matter expert for inks and coatings in applications, which may include electrically conductive and non-conductive applications

Contributes to strategic and tactical planning. Identifies and drives new business development activities.

Supports R&D projects critical to business.

Generates test plans and / or experiments to analyze hypotheses.

Prepare and deliver presentations on projects / technologies for external customer, internal teams and management.

Identify new opportunities for product development and work with development project teams to bring these opportunities to market.

What makes you a good fit

B.S. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Chemistry, Physics

5 to 10 years of demonstrated related experience, preferably in an adhesive, coatings or functional inks environment

Strong customer relations and interpersonal skills

Proven leadership, sense of urgency, self-starter – takes the initiative

Customer support experience (providing product application training)

Potential for up to 30% overnight travel per year

The position is located in Santa Clara, CA.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

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 $115,000.00 - $135,000.00. 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.