R&D Intern / Co-Op, Consumer Brands – Spring/Summer 2025 

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Title: R&D Intern / Co-Op, Consumer Brands – Spring/Summer 2025  

Location(s): Trumbull, CT 

Location Requirements: This position requires you be available to work full-time onsite.  

Business Unit: Henkel Consumer Brands 

Functional Area: Product Development    

Job ID(s): HCB0039 

Start Date: January 2025 

End Date: August 2025  

Are you a highly motivated, innovative student looking to gain career-building experience and make an impact at a leading global organization?  
  
If yes, you could be a great fit as a Product Development Intern working with Henkel’s Consumer Brands business unit, where you use your scientific training to create new formulas for well-known brands such as all© and Persil© laundry detergents, Snuggle© fabric softener and Dial© hand soap. 

 
You can expect your internship to include assignments like:  

Conducting experiments in a laboratory to create new formulas for our products 

Using instrumentation to measure physical properties of formulas and predict product performance 

Gathering, analyzing and evaluating data and translating the information into insights through impactful presentations to management 

In addition to the job functions of your assigned department, you will also develop your professional skillset through:  

Exciting projects that allow you to make real impact and collaborate with Henkel colleagues worldwide  

Countless learning opportunities available through Henkel’s online learning platform with over 9,000 courses  

Networking events with Henkel business leaders, diversity and inclusion experts and sustainability ambassadors  

Ongoing feedback discussions that allow you to accomplish concrete goals  

Following your internship, you may be invited to join Henkel as a full-time employee in the future.  

YOUR SKILLS  

An undergraduate student planning to graduate in 2025 or 2026 and majoring in chemistry or chemical engineering 

Strong communication, project management, collaboration and analytical skills