Senior Product Development Engineer

Henkel GCC; Kurkumb; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse growth opportunities

Health and preventive care programs

Gender-neutral parental leave

Employee Share Plan with matching

Group Medical Insurance

Accident and life insurance

OPD policy for family

Job summary

Henkel GCC in India (Pune R&D) seeks a Senior Product Development Engineer to support localization initiatives, scale-up, pilot trials, and process validation. You will join a cross-functional team across PDE, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain to accelerate commercialization and regional growth.

Strong hands-on engineering and documentation discipline are essential. The role emphasizes collaboration, safety, and robust data collection during trials, as you help transfer processes to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in manufacturing, pilot plant, or scale-up roles.
• Hands-on mechanical troubleshooting for process equipment.
• Experience with pilot trials, transfers, and validation.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with PDE, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain.
• Strong documentation and safety mindset.

Responsibilities

• Support pilot and production trials for new product introductions and localization projects.
• Execute process validation activities and collect process data.
• Assist with equipment setup, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• Prepare raw materials, formulations, samples, packaging, and trial docs.
• Maintain records, test results, and trial summaries.
• Coordinate with PDE, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operations to resolve issues.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and procedures.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Pilot trials

Manufacturing transfers

Process validation

Product commercialization

Education

Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

Job description

The Senior Product Development Engineer will support the future localization initiatives by providing hands-on technical support for product scale-up, pilot trials, manufacturing transfers, and process validation activities. This role will serve as a key link between Product Development Engineering and the manufacturing site, helping accelerate commercialization and regional growth.

What you´ll do

• Support pilot and production trials for new product introductions and localization projects.
• Execute process validation activities and collect process data during trials.
• Assist with equipment setup, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• Prepare raw materials, formulations, samples, packaging, shipment requests, and trial documentation.
• Maintain accurate records, test results, technical documentation, and trial summaries.
• Work closely with PDE engineers, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operations teams to resolve process and manufacturing-related issues.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and operational procedures

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing, pilot plant, laboratory, process engineering, product development, or scale-up environment.
• Strong hands-on mechanical and troubleshooting skills for process, equipment, and manufacturing issues.
• Experience supporting pilot trials, manufacturing transfers, process validation, and product commercialization activities.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations.
• Strong documentation, communication, problem-solving, and safety mindset.

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
• Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
• Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children

JOB ID:26099813

Application Deadline: As long as the vacancy is listed on our Career Site, we are happy to receive your application

India, Pune, Adhesive Technologies, R & D

Building on a strong legacy of almost 150 years, we are leading the way to reimagine and improve life every day. Today and for generations to come. Through our innovative and sustainable brands and technologies, across our teams around the world.Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.