Industrial Inkjet Systems Engineer

HP; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Holidays

Job summary

HP’s specialized division seeks a Writing Systems Engineer to design and implement ink delivery and print system solutions within SPTS products. You will bridge mechanical, electrical, firmware, fluidics, materials, manufacturing, applications, supplier, and customer disciplines to ensure high-quality writing systems and reliable performance.

The role emphasizes experimental design, data analysis, and rigorous validation, with partnerships across internal teams and external suppliers.

Qualifications

• Four-year or graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or another related technical discipline, or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 2–4 years of work experience, preferably in product development, printing systems, fluidics, electromechanical systems, electrical design, electronic hardware, test development, data analysis, or a related field; or an advanced degree with little or no work experience.

Responsibilities

• Designs portions of writing system solutions, including printheads, pens, ink delivery components, fluid delivery subsystems, interconnects, electronics, firmware interfaces, mechanical interfaces, and supporting subsystems based on established engineering principles.
• Defines and supports writing system architecture requirements, performance specifications, and validation criteria for industrial printing products.
• Develops and implements parameters, experiments, and test plans to characterize print quality, image formation, jetting reliability, ink delivery behavior, environmental robustness, image durability, ink consumption, and long-term system reliability.
• Creates plans for validation of form, fit, function, tolerances, reliability, thermal performance, environmental performance, safety, system power interactions, and other writing system performance requirements; publishes and communicates test results.
• Conducts root cause analysis for system-level, manufacturing, supplier, and customer-reported issues; implements corrective actions and remediations according to plan while maintaining thorough procedural records and data logs.
• Evaluates interactions among ink, printhead, firmware, electronics, mechanical systems, fluidics, and materials to support robust system integration.
• Collaborates and communicates with internal and outsourced development partners, including electrical, firmware, software, mechanical, materials, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, applications engineering, suppliers, and customers.
• Supports design reviews, risk assessments, FMEA activities, qualification testing, manufacturing readiness, production ramp, engineering change requests, alternate material authorization, supplier quotation reviews, and product lifecycle management activities.
• Develops automated test and data collection methodologies where appropriate and uses data analysis to develop conclusions, recommendations, reports, and presentations.
• Partners with application engineers and customers to understand use cases and performance requirements, troubleshoot field issues, provide technical guidance, and support continuous product improvement.
• Exercises technical judgment, creativity, initiative, and attention to detail consistently throughout work output.
• Works independently on moderate-scope problems, applying professional expertise, exercising judgment, and resolving issues by following company policies and procedures.
• Participates as a member of project teams and contributes to product development, knowledge sharing, and reliable, cost-effective, high-quality solutions for low to moderately complex products.

Skills

Experimental design

Root cause analysis

Python

MATLAB

JMP

Minitab

Data analysis

New product development

Quality systems

Engineering change management

Supplier qualification

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science or related technical discipline

Tools

Oscilloscope

Job description

HP’s specialized division seeks a Writing Systems Engineer to design and implement ink delivery and print system solutions within SPTS products. You will bridge mechanical, electrical, firmware, fluidics, materials, manufacturing, applications, supplier, and customer disciplines to ensure high-quality writing systems and reliable performance.

The role emphasizes experimental design, data analysis, and rigorous validation, with partnerships across internal teams and external suppliers.