Lead Powder Coating Applications Engineer – High-Speed Lines

Socket.dev; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Bonus eligibility

Travel 25-50%

Job summary

Sherwin-Williams seeks an Application Engineering Scientist to lead development and commercialization of powder coating application processes for high-speed coil lines. You will act as the technical expert on application and curing tech, driving optimization, customer trials, and global implementation while collaborating with R&D, manufacturing, and customer teams.

You will communicate technical findings through reports, trial summaries, and presentations; ensure best practices and technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant STEM field and 5 years of industrial coating experience.
• Hands-on powder coating laboratory or production environment experience.
• Strong ability to interpret technical data related to coating appearance, film thickness, cure response and robustness.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, scale-up, and validation of powder coating processes for high-speed lines.
• Evaluate and optimize application equipment, parameters, and curing technologies.
• Plan and support global customer trials, demonstrations, and production start-ups.
• Develop validation protocols, test methods, and troubleshooting plans.
• Create installation, operating and maintenance guidelines for multiple environments.

Skills

Powder coating

Lean Six Sigma

Design of Experiments

Statistical process analysis

Root-cause analysis

Technical reporting

Customer demonstrations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Polymer Science, Coatings Technology or closely related STEM

Job description

Sherwin-Williams seeks an Application Engineering Scientist to lead development and commercialization of powder coating application processes for high-speed coil lines. You will act as the technical expert on application and curing tech, driving optimization, customer trials, and global implementation while collaborating with R&D, manufacturing, and customer teams.

You will communicate technical findings through reports, trial summaries, and presentations; ensure best practices and technical