Principal Application Engineer, Automotive Electronics

$120,000 - $150,000/Yr

The Henkel Group - Irvine, CA

Full-time - Senior

Irvine, CA

10,001+ employees

About the position

The Principal Application Engineer for Automotive Electronics at Henkel plays a crucial role in influencing strategy and tactical planning while supporting the proliferation of breakthrough technologies. This position involves collaboration with global customer design centers and industry experts to identify new opportunities, as well as establishing external networks and partnerships. The engineer will also be responsible for developing key innovation and application development programs, conducting competitive benchmarking studies, and providing technical training to sales teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Influences and contributes to strategy and tactical planning.
• Collaborates and develops roadmap with global customer design centers and industry experts.
• Meets with key global customers to identify new opportunities.
• Acts as a recognized expert in industry trade associations and develops data/white papers to promote Henkel's expertise.
• Establishes and leverages external networks and partnerships with research, suppliers, OEMs, and industry boards.
• Develops and manages key innovation/application development programs.
• Conducts competitive benchmarking studies to assess innovation opportunities.
• Responsible for technical training of sales team and customers, as well as mentoring TCS talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in material science, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in thermal management, adhesives, chemicals, or related industry.
• Ability to travel up to 30-40%, including some international travel.
• Experience with business strategy, marketing, and account management.
• Strong customer-facing experience with the ability to work with and present to cross-functional teams.