Job Description

Location:

Germany, Hamburg - Headquarter tesa SE

Level:

Professionals

Function:

Research & Development

Working Hours: Full-time


What you will do
As an Application Solution Engineer for Adhesive Tape Printing & Packaging Solutions (PPS), you will play a key role in driving growth and technical excellence across the printing, paper, and web-processing industries. Working closely with customers, printing equipment manufacturers, and internal sales, marketing, and product development teams, you will help implement high-performance adhesive solutions that optimize production processes and deliver measurable customer value.



This role combines hands-on technical expertise, customer-facing consultancy, and strategic market development in an international environment, with a strong focus on Europe.

Our market

The Printing & Packaging Solutions team serves a broad range of applications across flexographic and digital printing, packaging, paper processing, and corrugated board production. These industries depend on precise, reliable, and efficient workflows. tesa supports them with advanced adhesive technologies for plate mounting, splicing, corrugator processes, and packaging applications. In this role, you will support customers directly on-site, helping them solve technical challenges and continuously optimize their production processes.

Your tasks include

Technical consulting & customer support

Advise customers and PPS Sales Specialists on selecting the optimal tesa adhesive tape solutions based on end-customer requirements and applications Provide global on-site technical support with a primary focus on Europe Support implementation of full-service solutions at customer sites in collaboration with sales and equipment manufacturing partners

Training & knowledge transfer

Deliver technical trainings for customers and internal sales teams, webinars, workshops, and tech days Act as a technical reference for printing and packaging applications within PPS

Cross-functional collaboration

Manage interfaces with local and global sales, marketing, and product development teams Build and maintain a strong internal network of PPS adhesive tape experts across business units and regions

Market & portfolio development

Create and maintain technical documentation of the PPS adhesive tape portfolio Conduct competitor benchmarking and application comparisons Identify strategic business fields, growth opportunities, and relevant market and technology trends
What you will need
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, preferably in Print & Media Technology, Materials Science, Natural Sciences, or a related field Solid technical understanding of common printing, converting, and packaging processes Experience in adhesive tape development, application engineering, technical marketing, or project management is an advantage High level of independence, curiosity, and problem-solving mindset Ability to influence stakeholders and drive initiatives in a matrix organization Strong customer orientation and willingness to travel approximately 50% (domestic and international) Business-fluent German and English; additional languages are a plus
What you can expect
tesa is one of the world's leading manufacturers of adhesive tape solutions, with a range of more than 7,000 products. With passion for technology, we drive innovation, reliability, and sustainability to shape a better future.


Our solutions make a difference in the work, products, and lives of our customers across a variety of industries, including Automotive, Electronics, and Home applications. With this, we address a broad segment of business customers, but also you as a private consumer.


You might be surprised to discover the many places where our adhesive solutions are at work, from the battery in your electric car, to the display of your mobile phone, and even in the elevator in your building. Wherever you look, you'll find tesa - holding the world together since more than 125 years.


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