Application Engineer Market Development

Henkel; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 98,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

401k matching and bonus programs

Family support and scholarships

Job summary

Henkel is seeking a technically skilled professional in the Adhesive Technologies division to serve as a market segment expert and collaborate across functions to translate customer needs into innovative solutions. You will lead evaluations, support product launches, and share market insights to drive growth.

The role emphasizes collaboration with customers and internal teams, with a focus on enabling successful commercialization and long-term partnerships across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in application engineering, technical service, product development, manufacturing, or customer-facing technical roles.
• Strong customer engagement and consultative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical expert for assigned market segments and identify trends and opportunities.
• Collaborate with customers, Sales, Marketing, Product Development and Application Engineering to translate needs into solutions.
• Develop understanding of customer processes and performance requirements to guide strategy.
• Lead technical evaluations, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept activities for ACM solutions.
• Generate market insights from visits, industry engagement, and competitive analysis.
• Support new product introductions and ensure alignment with customer needs.
• Share expertise and best practices across regional and global teams.
• Represent Henkel at customer events and technical forums to identify growth opportunities.

Skills

Customer engagement

Consultative problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication/presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science or related field

Job description

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

• Serve as the technical expert for assigned market segments, identifying emerging trends, customer challenges, and opportunities for growth.
• Collaborate with customers, Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and Application Engineering teams to translate market needs into innovative solutions and business opportunities.
• Develop deep understanding of customer manufacturing processes, applications, and performance requirements to guide technology and product strategies.
• Lead technical evaluations, application assessments, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept activities that showcase the value of (ACM) solutions.
• Generate actionable market insights through customer visits, industry engagement, competitive analysis, and collaboration with commercial teams.
• Support new product introductions and commercialization efforts by validating application performance and ensuring alignment with customer needs.
• Build and share application expertise, market intelligence, and best practices across regional and global teams to accelerate capability development.
• Represent Henkel at customer events, industry conferences, and technical forums to strengthen market presence and identify future growth opportunities.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline required.
• Experience in application engineering, technical service, product development, manufacturing, or customer-facing technical roles within industrial, specialty chemical, adhesives, coatings, or related markets.
• Strong customer engagement and consultative problem-solving skills with the ability to uncover unmet needs and translate them into technical and commercial opportunities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions, effectively connecting market insights, technology, and business objectives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage technical experts, commercial teams, and customers at multiple organizational levels.

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

Thesalary range for this role is $97,500.00 and $135,500.00. This range represents thegood‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offerfor this role at the time of posting.In addition to base salary, thisposition may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, asapplicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package asdescribed above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as thecandidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. Thisposting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local paytransparency laws.

Henkeldoes 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 anunsolicited referral.

AtHenkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lifeexperiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us.Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicantswithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability,veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.