Lab 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.  

What you´ll do

• Standardize and develop new test methods leveraging a wide range of analytical test methods (destructive/non-destructive testing)
• Leverage customer feedback to drive optimization in customer service and testing processes
• Track and manage test reports in the LIM system leveraging electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN)
• Provide peer review on test data and lab reports
• Participate in test standard validations, training others (e.g. lab personnel, marketing, sales) and internal presentations
• Apply consultative skills when interacting with customers to build trust and transparency in managing their incidents
• Participate in customer presentations and consult them on best-practices applied in the respective field
• Communicate with and consult AE field roles, KAMs, project teams and customers
• Lead internal and external technical requests and projects
• Ensure laboratory and application equipment are calibrated and safety checked in compliance with local regulations
• Support and ensure completion of Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action Plan on customer and overall product performance complaints

What makes you a good fit

• Proficient in Microsoft Office with the ability to analyze data, prepare technical documentation and create customer-facing presentations and reports
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a science or engineering related field
• 3 or more years of engineering experience, preferred
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Prior experience working with polymers or adhesive chemistry formulation or performance testing strongly preferred
• Experience supervising lab personnel, including task delegation, mentoring, workflow coordination, and ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards
• Willingness to travel several times a year to support customer visits, field trials, product demonstrations, etc. 
• U.S. citizenship required due to federal contract requirements

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 $90,000.00- $115,000.00. 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.