Senior Applications Engineer – Adhesives & Coatings

Henkel; Madison Heights (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

401k Matching

Parental Leave

Career Growth

Job summary

Henkel's Adhesive Technologies unit seeks a technically skilled specialist to advise customers, demonstrate products, and troubleshoot on site in Michigan. You’ll lead lab testing, develop application solutions, and mentor field engineers while collaborating with sales, marketing and R&D teams.

The role requires a chemistry or materials science degree and 2–5 years in automotive adhesives or related materials, with strong communication and problem solving.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a science field (Chemistry / Chemical Engineering / Materials Science) and relevant experience.
• 2–5 years in automotive adhesives, tapes or related materials.
• Experience with laboratory testing, application development, product qualification, reliability testing, or customer technical support.
• Ability to design experiments, analyze data, troubleshoot issues and develop practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide product recommendations, customized applications, demonstrations and troubleshooting for customers.
• Consult customers on value-generating solutions for their use cases.
• Perform technical visits (meetings, audits, demos, troubleshooting) with CRM and LIM documentation.
• Collaborate with application equipment teams to improve adhesive-related processes.
• Supervise laboratory work and report technical results to customers.
• Deliver product applications training and coach field sales and customers.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or related science

Tools

CRM tool

LIM system

Job description

Henkel's Adhesive Technologies unit seeks a technically skilled specialist to advise customers, demonstrate products, and troubleshoot on site in Michigan. You’ll lead lab testing, develop application solutions, and mentor field engineers while collaborating with sales, marketing and R&D teams.

The role requires a chemistry or materials science degree and 2–5 years in automotive adhesives or related materials, with strong communication and problem solving.