Platform Engineering Manager — Automotive Solutions

Henkel; Madison Heights (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

401k Match

Employee share plan

Annual bonus

Parental Leave

Fertility support

Adoption support

Scholarships

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth

Job summary

Henkel, a global leader in adhesives technologies, seeks a senior engineering/platform leader for its Adhesive Technologies unit in the United States. The role focuses on strategic engineering, customer roadmaps, and collaboration across marketing, sales, and KAMs, with about half of travel to customers and suppliers.

The candidate should have 7–10 years of relevant experience and a strong BIW/vehicle structure background, plus a willingness to work in a hybrid office environment up to 60% in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, or a comparable technical field.
• 7–10 years of experience in strategic engineering or platform management.
• Strong understanding of Body in White and vehicle structural systems.

Responsibilities

• Frequent travel/visits to the customers and suppliers, around 50%.
• Technical understanding of body in white, vehicle structure to anticipate what the customer needs.
• Develops, supports and executes customer roadmaps, steers profitable growth.
• Identify key decision makers and builds relationship with customers and supplier focused engineering centers.
• Collaborates closely with Technical Team/Marketing/Sales/KAMs to steer activities.
• Analyzes and builds different future scenarios to create new business paths.
• Steers and leads new products launches at customers.
• This is a hybrid role, and selected candidate will need to be willing and able to work in the office 60% of the time.

Skills

Strategic engineering

Platform management

Automotive experience

Sales experience

Body in White knowledge

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, or a comparable technical field

Job description

Henkel, a global leader in adhesives technologies, seeks a senior engineering/platform leader for its Adhesive Technologies unit in the United States. The role focuses on strategic engineering, customer roadmaps, and collaboration across marketing, sales, and KAMs, with about half of travel to customers and suppliers.

The candidate should have 7–10 years of relevant experience and a strong BIW/vehicle structure background, plus a willingness to work in a hybrid office environment up to 60% in