Principal Application Engineer

Henkel Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Henkel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a hands-on expert to lead development and optimization of adhesive application processes, providing technical guidance to the AE team and supporting customer projects. The role spans equipment types from dispensing to coating, with global collaboration and occasional travel.

You will design fixtures, develop experimental setups, and use CAD tools to implement solutions that improve process capability and efficiency.

Responsabilidades

• Lead hands-on development and optimization of adhesive application processes across equipment types.
• Provide technical guidance to AE team and hands-on support for customer projects.
• Serve as equipment and process development expert for the Santa Clara Application Engineering team.
• Operate, troubleshoot, optimize, and evaluate dispensing, jetting, printing, coating, and related technologies.
• Lead process development, optimization, and scale-up for new and existing adhesive technologies.
• Design and develop fixtures, jigs, tooling, and experimental setups.
• Use CAD to develop fixture designs and coordinate fabrication.
• Develop experimental methods and test setups to improve process capability and efficiency.
• Provide hands-on technical support and troubleshooting for AE engineers and customers.
• Evaluate new equipment and technologies to meet application requirements.
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Development, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing and customers on practical solutions.
• Mentor AE team members in equipment operation and process development.
• Support global customer projects and travel internationally up to ~20%.
• Role is fully onsite, five days per week in the Santa Clara office.

Descripción del empleo

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping thefuture through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trustedbrands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and ourcutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore newpaths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit –where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customerswith a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functionalcoatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance inyour 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