Digital Front End (DFE) Engineer

PT Rieckermann Indonesia; Jakarta Selatan; On-site; IDR 180,000,000 - 280,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Jamsostek

Personnal Accident

Pension Fund

Job summary

PT Rieckermann Indonesia is seeking a skilled DFE Engineer to join our Technical Service team in Jakarta. You will prepare, pre-flight, and process customer artwork through the Digital Front End system for digital printing, ensuring production-ready files and correct job configuration.

You will work with cutting-edge digital printing technology, collaborate with customers, sales, and production, and manage artwork revisions while maintaining precise records.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher in graphic design, printing tech, visual communication, or IT.
• Experience in digital printing, packaging, or pre-press production.
• Experience with HP Indigo DFE or similar digital press workflow (HP SmartStream/Production Pro).
• Familiarity with substrates, finishing processes, and their impact on artwork setup.
• Enfocus PitStop is a plus.
• Proficiency with Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat; InDesign is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Receive and review customer artwork, orders, and print specs.
• Pre-flight files and identify issues such as size, bleed, resolution, fonts, color, overprint, and transparency.
• Prepare artwork for production including resizing, color adjustments, imposition, and marks.
• Configure job settings in the DFE (substrate, page size, quantity, color mode, print sequence).
• Generate and check proofs before releasing to production.
• Coordinate with customers, sales, and production to resolve issues.
• Manage artwork revisions and maintain accurate job files.

Skills

Digital printing

Pre-flight checks

Color management

Imposition

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor degree in Graphic Design, Printing Technology, Visual Communication, or Information Technology

Tools

Enfocus PitStop

HP Indigo DFE

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Acrobat

InDesign

Job description

Rieckermann Indonesia is looking for a skilled and motivated DFE Engineer to join our growing Technical Service team. You will be responsible in prepare, pre-flight, and process customer artwork through the Digital Front End (DFE) system for digital printing. The role ensures files meet production specifications and that jobs are correctly configured, proofed, and released to the press.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge digital printing technology and deliver top-level service to clients in the packaging and commercial printing industries.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Receive and review customer artwork, job orders, and print specifications.
• Pre-flight files and identify issues such as incorrect size, bleed, resolution, fonts, color, overprint, and transparency.
• Prepare artwork for production, including resizing, color adjustments, page arrangement, imposition, step-and-repeat, and adding marks where required.
• Process approved files through the DFE and configure job settings such as substrate, page size, quantity, color mode, and print sequence.
• Generate and check proofs, including color and layout, before releasing jobs to production.
• Coordinate with customers, sales, and production to resolve artwork or job setup issues.
• Manage artwork revisions and maintain accurate job files and records.
• Support press operators by providing correct production files and job information.
• Follow production schedules, quality requirements, and file-handling procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Graphic Design, Printing Technology, Visual Communication, or Information Technology
• Experience in digital printing, commercial printing, packaging, or pre-press production.
• Experience operating an HP Indigo DFE or similar digital press workflow, such as HP SmartStream or Production Pro.
• Familiarity with substrates, finishing processes, and their effect on artwork setup.
• Experience with pre-flight tools such as Enfocus PitStop is an advantage
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat; InDesign is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of DFE and pre-press workflows for digital printing.
• Understanding of CMYK, RGB, spot colors, color separation, and color management.
• Knowledge of print production requirements, including bleed, trim, safe area, resolution, fonts, overprint, and PDF standards.
• Ability to prepare impositions and layouts based on job and finishing requirements.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify print file errors.
• Good communication, coordination, and time-management skills

Performance Measures

• Accuracy of files released to production.
• On-time processing of assigned jobs.
• Number of preventable artwork or job setup errors.
• Compliance with customer and production specifications.
• Effective coordination of artwork corrections and approvals

PT. Rieckermann Indonesia is part of the Rieckermann Group, which is a privately-owned group of companies. A competent, international industrial solution provider represented by more than 700 employees based at 26 offices in 19 countries spreading from Europe across the Middle East and all over Asia.

Since 1892 we have built up our expertise and established our core competence in selected markets and industries.

Rieckermann commenced its activities in Indonesia since 1971. And following our establishment in Jakarta over 45 years ago, we have since opened branch office in Surabaya.

Our sales and service organization act as an extended arm to numerous leading European machine manufacturers of various industrial sectors. Our ideal positioning enables us to offer entire manufacturing plants or individual, state‑of‑the‑art machinery for a wide range of industries.

Our aim is to strive to provide outstanding technical consultancy, project solutions and, most importantly, hands‑on after‑sales service through our team of highly qualified and experienced maintenance technicians. With our 2 offices and 50 staff reaching out to the archipelagoes of Indonesia, we are eager to assist and provide full support to our customers. We pride ourselves in our long‑lasting cooperation with all our clients.

Our service portfolio covers the entire value chain & project scope of industrial plant developments in currently 11 fields of industries: from single unit machines and equipment to complete production lines – Rieckermann delivers only quality & tailor‑made solution with customers benefitting from our independence amongst a vast international network of partners and suppliers.

PT. Rieckermann Indonesia is part of the Rieckermann Group, which is a privately-owned group of companies. A competent, international industrial solution provider represented by more than 700 employees based at 26 offices in 19 countries spreading from Europe across the Middle East and all over Asia.

Since 1892 we have built up our expertise and established our core competence in selected markets and industries.

Rieckermann commenced its activities in Indonesia since 1971. And following our establishment in Jakarta over 45 years ago, we have since opened branch office in Surabaya.

Our sales and service organization act as an extended arm to numerous leading European machine manufacturers of various industrial sectors. Our ideal positioning enables us to offer entire manufacturing plants or individual, state‑of‑the‑art machinery for a wide range of industries.

Our aim is to strive to provide outstanding technical consultancy, project solutions and, most importantly, hands‑on after‑sales service through our team of highly qualified and experienced maintenance technicians. With our 2 offices and 50 staff reaching out to the archipelagoes of Indonesia, we are eager to assist and provide full support to our customers. We pride ourselves in our long‑lasting cooperation with all our clients.

Our service portfolio covers the entire value chain & project scope of industrial plant developments in currently 11 fields of industries: from single unit machines and equipment to complete production lines – Rieckermann delivers only quality & tailor‑made solution with customers benefitting from our independence amongst a vast international network of partners and suppliers.

Perks and benefits

• Medical Jamsostek
• Personnal Accident
• Pension Fund

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