Digital Printing Development Engineer

Work Initiatives; Port Kembla; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueScope in Australia is seeking a Digital Printing Development Specialist to lead hands-on development of digital printing for painted products. The role combines laboratory experiments, technology evaluation and manufacturing trials to translate ideas into practical product systems.

You will investigate future digital printing opportunities, apply coating knowledge to interfaces of substrates and coatings, monitor new equipment and ink tech, and design experiments to test hypotheses.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in engineering, chemistry, materials science, polymer science or another relevant technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in painted or coated product development.
• Knowledge of how substrates, pretreatments, primers, topcoats or basecoats and other coating layers interact and influence product performance.
• Experience in technical product, process or materials development.
• Demonstrated capability in experimental design and laboratory development work.
• Ability to analyse technical results, draw evidence-based conclusions and recommend practical next steps.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively across technical and operational teams.
• Curiosity and a willingness to build expertise in Digital Printing, inks and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Investigate Digital Printing opportunities across finishes, textures and long-term solid-color printing.
• Apply knowledge of substrates, pretreatments, primers, basecoats, inks and clearcoats in Digital Printing.
• Monitor emerging digital printing equipment, printhead and ink technologies and assess compatibility with painted systems.
• Design and run laboratory experiments, developing hypotheses, experimental plans and test methods.
• Analyse technical results and translate findings into practical recommendations and next steps.
• Take laboratory concepts through to executable manufacturing line trials and provide input when results differ from expectations.
• Work closely with painted product specialists to develop Digital Printing concepts as complete painted product systems.

Skills

Painted/coated product development

Experimental design

Laboratory development

Cross-functional collaboration

Digital Printing knowledge

Education

Tertiary qualification in engineering/chemistry/materials science/polymer science

Job description

BlueScope in Australia is seeking a Digital Printing Development Specialist to lead hands-on development of digital printing for painted products. The role combines laboratory experiments, technology evaluation and manufacturing trials to translate ideas into practical product systems.

You will investigate future digital printing opportunities, apply coating knowledge to interfaces of substrates and coatings, monitor new equipment and ink tech, and design experiments to test hypotheses.