Print Process Researcher Physics

Canon Production Printing; Venlo; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

38 vacation days

13th month pay (8.6%)

Commuting allowance

Laptop and smartphone

Lease e-bike plan

Job summary

Canon Production Printing is seeking an ambitious physicist to join our R&D team as a print process researcher. You will advance inkjet printing technology, from printheads to fixation, and translate business requirements into innovative process solutions.

You’ll collaborate in multidisciplinary projects with designers, researchers and engineers, steer development of assets, balance print process architecture for quality, scope and cost, and help realize new graphics and industrial printing

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Physics is required.
• Strong technical background and eagerness to learn.
• Combination of experimental and modelling skills to understand printing physics.
• Excellent communication skills and fluent in English.
• Proven work experience in product development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Steer development of technology assets (inks, print heads, media, image processing).
• Understand and balance the print process architecture to meet quality, range, time-to-market and cost targets.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams to deliver a working print process enabling new applications for graphics and industrial printing.

Skills

Print technology

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

English fluency

Education

Bachelor degree in Physics

Job description

Are you an ambitious physicist with a drive to understand business requirements and translate these into a state of the art printing process? Are you looking for a challenging job in a multidisciplinary multinational R&D organization?

What You’ll Do

As print process researcher you further develop our inkjet printing process, consisting of, for example, printheads, ink, maintenance and fixation. With your strong interpersonal skills, enthusiasm, entrepreneurial mindset and ambition you inspire and influence your stakeholders in your project (e.g. functions, designers, researchers). Being part of the print process team you understand and decompose total aspects like print quality towards functional requirements.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Steering development of technology assets (inks, print heads, media, image processing) that are needed to develop state of the art printing processes
• Understanding and balancing the print process architecture to realize the right print quality, application range, time-to-market and cost effectiveness that meet the business strategy and stakeholder requirements
• Participating in multidisciplinary teams to deliver a working print process that enables new applications for graphics and industrial printing

Who You’ll Work With

Our international organization has a flat hierarchy, so you’ll be working with lots of other people in an open, creative multidisciplinary environment. That includes for example designers, developers and architects.

What You Bring

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

• A Bachelor degree in Physics
• A strong technical background and eager to learn
• A combination of experimental and modelling skills in order to understand the physics of the printing process by performing experiments on test setups as well as the ability to capture the knowledge in models
• Outstanding people management skills - ability to influence and motivate people
• Team builder with strong planning/project management skills, a pro-active attitude and experienced in extensive stakeholder management
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills and a strong results driven mindset
• Proven work experience in product development is a pre
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English both spoken and written

What You’ll Get From Us

We provide an exciting, dynamic work environment with plenty of opportunity for you to develop personally and professionally. We offer excellent conditions to help you be who you want to be:

• 38 vacation days
• Extra 13th month pay (8,6%), holiday allowance (8%) and commuting allowance
• Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• A laptop and smartphone
• An interesting lease (e-)bike plan

About the company

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.

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.