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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Adhesive (Senior) Product Development Engineer Songdo
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About this Position
As a Product Development Engineer, you will be an integral part of our organization, contributing to the success of various projects through effective collaboration and by leveraging your unique skill set as you craft your career.
What you´ll do
- Lead product development activities for new film and paste products, ensuring alignment with innovation goals, customer requirements, and overall business strategy.
- Identify technical and market opportunities by analyzing data, customer feedback, and competitive benchmarks, translating insights into clear development actions for new film and paste products.
- Drive scale‑up activities by coordinating pilot and manufacturing trials, ensuring a robust and seamless transfer of new film and paste products from development to mass‑production readiness.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams—including product development chemists, application engineers, innovation project managers, and operations teams—to secure smooth progress through each development milestone.
- Own the validation planning and execution for new film and paste products, confirming performance, reliability, and manufacturability prior to commercial release.
- Implement strong quality and verification practices by defining acceptance criteria and reviewing technical results to confirm production readiness for new film and paste products.
- Prepare clear and concise technical documentation and reports, communicating risks, decisions, and progress to stakeholders and senior management throughout development and scale‑up.
- Lead cross‑functional problem‑solving during scale‑up and validation, identifying root causes and executing corrective actions to establish stable, high‑quality production of new film and paste products
What makes you a good fit
- A Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Materials Science, or other related fields is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience in product development or process engineering within the chemical, electronics, or semiconductor industry is required.
- Experience with manufacturing processes for film, paste, or other chemical‑based products, including a solid understanding of scale‑up and validation workflows, is required.
- A fundamental understanding of statistical concepts is required, and knowledge or certification related to Six Sigma is preferred.
- Proficiency in MS Office and statistical tools such as Minitab or JMP, along with working knowledge of SPC and FMEA for process control and risk assessment, is preferred.
- Strong communication skills in both Korean and English, with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross‑functional teams and clearly document technical findings, are required.
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Retirement Pension DC
- Support for Employee Contributions of National Health Insurance
- Support for Medical Check-up
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
JOB ID: 26091261
Job Locations: South Korea, Incheon, Incheon
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The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
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Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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