Senior Application Engineer

Position Overview

The Senior Applications Engineer serves as a customer-facing technical expert supporting adhesive solutions for electronic applications across automotive, industrial, and medical markets. This role combines technical expertise with consultative selling to guide product selection, testing, and implementation. The position partners with customers and internal teams to drive successful adoption, optimize performance, and identify growth opportunities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to understand application requirements and recommend adhesive solutions
• Lead technical discussions to qualify opportunities and align product capabilities with customer needs
• Provide hands-on support for product evaluation, sample testing, and production scale-up
• Cook up testing with internal labs and interpret results for customer applications
• Troubleshoot adhesive performance, bonding, dispensing, and curing challenges
• Deliver customer trainings, technical presentations, and product demonstrations
• Prepare technical reports, validation data, and customer-facing documentation
• Identify new business opportunities and support quoting, pricing discussions, and competitive positioning

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in applications engineering, technical support, or customer-facing technical roles
• Experience with adhesives, polymers, or electronic materials and manufacturing processes
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences and manage multiple projects
• Authorization to work without employer sponsorship

Preferred Requirements

• Master’s degree in Materials Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience in electronics manufacturing (automotive, industrial, or medical applications)
• Familiarity with reliability testing, validation methods, and environmental standards
• Experience supporting sales activities, business development, or customer relationship management

Pay

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, and geographic location.
The salary for this role is $115,000-$140,000.
In addition to your salary, H.B. Fuller offers employees a competitive total rewards package including comprehensive benefits, incentive and recognitions programs, health & wellness benefits, 401K contributions, paid time off and paid holidays. Eligibility may vary.

Benefits

H.B. Fuller offers a competitive total rewards package including comprehensive benefits, incentive and recognitions programs, health & wellness benefits, 401K contributions, paid time off and paid holidays. Eligibility may vary.

Equal Employment Opportunity

H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.

Contact Information

H.B. Fuller does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with H.B. Fuller, a written service agreement must be executed by Human Resources prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed service agreement, H.B. Fuller shall not be obligated for payment of any fee or compensation.