Lab Application Engineer

Henkel group • Bay Point, CA

1d • $90,000 - $115,000

About The 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.

Requirements

• Proficient in Microsoft Office with the ability to analyze data, prepare technical documentation and create customer-facing presentations and reports
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a science or engineering related field
• 3 or more years of engineering experience, preferred
• Demonstrated project management experience
• U.S. citizenship required due to federal contract requirements

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working with polymers or adhesive chemistry formulation or performance testing strongly preferred
• Experience supervising lab personnel, including task delegation, mentoring, workflow coordination, and ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards
• Willingness to travel several times a year to support customer visits, field trials, product demonstrations, etc.

Responsibilities

• Standardize and develop new test methods leveraging a wide range of analytical test methods (destructive/non-destructive testing)
• Leverage customer feedback to drive optimization in customer service and testing processes
• Track and manage test reports in the LIM system leveraging electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN)
• Provide peer review on test data and lab reports
• Participate in test standard validations, training others (e.g. lab personnel, marketing, sales) and internal presentations
• Apply consultative skills when interacting with customers to build trust and transparency in managing their incidents
• Participate in customer presentations and consult them on best-practices applied in the respective field
• Communicate with and consult AE field roles, KAMs, project teams and customers
• Lead internal and external technical requests and projects
• Ensure laboratory and application equipment are calibrated and safety checked in compliance with local regulations
• Support and ensure completion of Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action Plan on customer and overall product performance complaints

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees