Digital Printing R&D Specialist - Coatings & Inks

BlueScope Steel; Port Kembla; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueScope is seeking a Digital Printing Development Specialist to advance digital printing for our painted products. You will combine coating knowledge with lab experimentation, evaluating inks, basecoats and clearcoats to create complete painted product systems and drive opportunities from concept to trials.

You will design experiments, analyze data, and collaborate with product specialists across engineering, materials science and manufacturing to translate findings into practical

Qualifications

• Teritary qualification in engineering, chemistry, materials science or related field.
• Experience in painted or coated product development.
• Knowledge of substrate interactions in coatings.
• Experience in technical product, process or materials development.
• Demonstrated capability in experimental design and lab work.
• Strong collaboration across technical and operational teams.
• Curiosity to build expertise in Digital Printing and inks.

Responsibilities

• Investigate future Digital Printing opportunities across finishes, effects, surface textures and longer-term solid-colour printing.
• Apply painted product knowledge to understand substrate interactions in Digital Printing systems.
• Monitor emerging digital printing equipment and assess compatibility with painted product systems.
• Design and undertake laboratory experiments with hypotheses, plans and test methods.
• Analyze technical results and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Take lab concepts through to manufacturing line trials and provide input when results differ from expectations.
• Collaborate with painted product specialists to evaluate Digital Printing concepts as complete systems.

Skills

Engineering background

Coating systems

Lab experiments

Experimental design

Cross-functional collaboration

Digital Printing

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Lab equipment

Job description

BlueScope is seeking a Digital Printing Development Specialist to advance digital printing for our painted products. You will combine coating knowledge with lab experimentation, evaluating inks, basecoats and clearcoats to create complete painted product systems and drive opportunities from concept to trials.

You will design experiments, analyze data, and collaborate with product specialists across engineering, materials science and manufacturing to translate findings into practical