Associate scientific
Henkel
Shanghai, China
Posted on Mar 6, 2026
About This Position
- Product development: focus on innovation for automotive components market, functional coatings, provide technical support to customers.
- Work well in the team environment and work collaboratively with cross functional teams.
- Understand automotive applications, market trends and customer needs.
- Ability to lead new product development projects independently. Self-starter with can do attitude.
- Drive Innovation & Product development on functional coatings, especially PCB conformal coating.
- Propose and develop solutions which are strategically aligned with market and customer needs.
- Support TCS and business team on solving technical problem and providing trouble shooting and technical Solution if required.
- Secures IP position in own area of development.
- Lead lab management, lab safety, 5s, housekeeping.
- Provide technical support to manufacturing, quality and business teams.
- Ph.D. or MS in Chemistry, Materials Science, or other relevant technical fields are required.
- 5+ years of functional coating development experience, conformal coating development experience is preferred.
- Strong track record in new product development from concepts to commercial success.
- At least 5 years’ experience in product development for functional coating.
- Experience in PCB conformal coating application is preferred.
- Experience in new product pilot and production scale-up is required.
- Good communication skills among cross functional teams.
- Fluent English both in written and oral.
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- 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
- Comprehensive Group Insurance Scheme
- Annual Physical Examination
- Flexible Benefits cover for dependents
- Company Products Discount
