Principal Applications Engineer
Bridgewater, NJFull-time$146K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Henkel seeks a Principal Applications Engineer to lead applications engineering for adhesive flexible laminating technologies. The role focuses on process optimization, chemical product performance, and adoption of advanced solutions. The engineer develops application strategies, evaluates and validates products, leads projects, and collaborates with R&D, engineering, manufacturing, sales, marketing, customer, legal, and laboratory teams. The position requires seven years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree, or five years with a master's degree.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
Seven (7) years of experience in key account management, including technical sales support and product portfolio development aligned to customer base
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's degree in chemical, industrial or technology management engineering or related field
Compensation
$146,120.00 / Yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Shift
First Shift (Day)
Job Description
Principal Applications Engineer for Henkel Corp in Bridgewater, NJ to lead applications engineering efforts for adhesive flexible laminating technologies, focusing on process optimization, chemical product performance, and implementation of advanced solutions; design, develop, and execute application strategies to support new technology adoption and drive business growth; develop and optimize adhesive application processes using chemical engineering methodologies and application equipment to improve performance, efficiency, and reliability; lead implementation of new chemical and adhesive technologies by translating product capabilities into scalable engineered solutions; conduct technical evaluations, testing, and validation of products to ensure performance against specifications and regulatory requirements; analyze application data, generate technical insights, and prepare reports and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations; design and execute laboratory experiments, supervise testing of samples, and interpret results to guide product development and application improvements; collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, engineering, and manufacturing teams to refine products and application processes; lead APP Flexible Laminating projects by defining technical scope, milestones, and execution plans aligned with business objectives; establish technical standards, best practices, and documentation for application methods and process controls.
Requires: Bachelor's degree in chemical, industrial or technology management engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus seven (7) years of experience in key account management, including technical sales support and product portfolio development aligned to customer base and alternatively, master’s degree in chemical, industrial or technology management engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience in key account management, including technical sales support and product portfolio development aligned to customer base. Experience must include (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section): Technical service representative supervision and management; aligning product performance to application requirements based on product availability, performance and cost; designing and implementing production plant process audits trouble-shooting, root cause analysis and solution design using 8D, 5Ws and Kepner-Tregoe methodologies; product portfolio development in collaboration with sales, marketing, customer, legal and laboratory teams; and flexible laminates product offering. Travel in North America, approximately 50-60%. Occasional global, cross-region travel. Salary: $146,120.00/year. Submit resume to [email protected]. Reference Number: 15857271.
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
15857271
Job Type
Full Time
Application Instructions
Submit resume to [email protected]. Reference Number: 15857271.
How this job compares
Set against the 392 open Applications Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$146K/yr
- US median$101–150K/yr219 salary ranges
This rate, $146K, is 17% above the US median midpoint ($125K) — in the middle half of Applications Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 392 open Applications Engineer jobs across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Texas Instruments25 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Applications Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (281 postings).
- Education
- 199 of the 392 open Applications Engineer jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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