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
- Lead hands-on development and optimization of adhesive application processes, provide technical expertise across a broad range of application equipment, and design custom fixtures and tooling to support laboratory and customer applications
- The individual will also provide technical guidance to the AE team and hands-on support for customer projects
- Serve as the equipment and process development expert for the Santa Clara Application Engineering team
- Operate, troubleshoot, optimize, and evaluate a broad range of application equipment, including liquid dispensing, jetting, printing, film application, coating, lamination, mixing, curing, and related technologies
- Lead application process development, optimization, and scale-up for new and existing adhesive technologies
- Design and develop custom fixtures, jigs, tooling, and experimental setups based on application and testing requirements
- Use CAD or similar tools to develop fixture designs and work with internal or external resources for fabrication
- Develop experimental methods and test setups to improve process capability, repeatability, and laboratory efficiency
- Provide hands-on technical support and troubleshooting for AE engineers, laboratory personnel, and customers
- Evaluate new equipment and technologies and recommend solutions based on application requirements and process capability
- Collaborate with R&D, Product Development, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, and customers to develop practical application solutions
- Mentor AE team members in equipment operation, process development, and fixture design
- Support global customer projects and travel internationally as needed, with approximately 20% travel expected
- This role is fully onsite, requiring 5 days per week in the Santa Clara office
