Chemical Engineer

Canon Production Printing; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

13th month bonus

Hybrid work

Training & development

Laptop & smartphone

e-bike lease

Job summary

Canon Production Printing in Venlo, Netherlands, is seeking a Chemical Engineer to develop high-performance UVgel ink systems and scalable materials processes. You will translate product requirements into robust ink materials, collaborating with chemists, material scientists, and system experts in a cross-disciplinary R&D environment.

You’ll define specifications with stakeholders, transfer designs from lab to manufacturing, and address challenges to improve colour performance, stability and

Qualifications

• Knowledge of pigment dispersions, colloid chemistry and processing technology.
• Ability to translate material understanding into robust UV ink formulations.
• Practical problem-solving mindset using experiments, analysis and modelling.
• Strong communication skills and fluent English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Translate product and application requirements into robust ink materials and scalable processes.
• Define ink specifications with stakeholders and print-system experts.
• Transfer chemical ink designs from labs to manufacturing.
• Solve technical challenges in UV gel ink material development.
• Capture knowledge in models to accelerate predictive development cycles.

Skills

Pigment dispersions

Colloid chemistry

UV ink formulations

Technical problem solving

English communication

Education

Bachelor or Master in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Are you passionate about developing high-performance inks for next-generation printing systems? Do pigment dispersions, UVgel technology and scalable materials processes energize you?

Questions about this job? Jeroen Veugelers,HR,[phone] /[e-mail]

Chemical Engineer 32-40hoursper week,hybridin Venlo (NL)

WhatYou’llDo

As a Chemical Engineer, you work at the core of our printer products: the print process and its consumables. You translate product and application requirements into robust ink materials and scalable processes. Your work helps develop high-performance UVgel ink systems with strong colour performance, stability and jetting reliability.

You’llbe responsible for:

• Transferchemicalinkdesignsfromlabscaletomanufacturing
• Defineinkspecificationswithstakeholdersandprint-system experts
• Translate imagequality,robustnessandreliabilitytargetsintomaterialwindows
• SolvetechnicalchallengesinUVgelinkmaterialdevelopment
• Captureknowledgeinmodelstoacceleratepredictivedevelopmentcycles

WhoYou’llWork With

Our international organization has a flat hierarchy, so you’ll work in an open, creative and multidisciplinary R&D environment. You will collaborate closely with chemists, material scientists, process engineers, print process specialists and system experts.

What You Bring

We’relooking for a team player who meets the following requirements:

• ABachelor’sorMaster’sdegreein Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or arelatedfield
• Knowledge of pigment dispersions, colloid chemistry and processing technology
• AbilitytotranslatematerialunderstandingintorobustUVinkformulations
• A practicalproblem-solvingmindsetusingexperiments, analysisandmodelling
• StrongcommunicationskillsandfluentEnglish,bothspokenandwritten

WhatYou’llGetFromUs

We provide an exciting, high-tech R&D environment with plenty of opportunity to develop personally and professionally. We offer excellent conditions to help you be who you want to be:

• Acompetitivesalaryin linewithyoureducationalbackgroundandexperience(basedon profileandexperience)
• 13th month bonus (8.6%) until end of 2026 paid either monthly or yearly. As of 1 January 2027 the 13th-month bonus will be discontinued, which means that as of that date the 13th-month bonus will be fully converted to the (scale) salary.
• Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A huge rangeof training and professional development opportunities
• A laptop and smartphone
• An interestinglease (e-)bike plan

Career opportunities

In this role there are plenty of opportunities to further develop yourself, e.g. to senior chemical engineer, ink technology specialist or project lead.

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high-quality solutions that add color to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.

Further information about Canon Production Printing is available at cpp.canon .