HBO: Internship Chemistry - Method development related to elemental analysis on incoming materials

Ever wanted to challenge yourself in analytical chemistry – always wanted to push the boundaries of an analytical system?
Are you an HBO applied chemistry student and up for a challenge to improve our analytical measurement system with challenging barriers to overcome? Are you interested in working in a professional and diverse working environment, where planning and controlling is key, you can think out of the box and communicate with multiple departments? We are looking for you!

Your assignment
Raw materials have to be checked on whether they contain inorganic impurities or not. These impurities generally have low levels of concentration and are therefore difficult to detect. Therefor it is necessary to know how to correctly prepare samples for ICP OES measurements and find the optimal measurement settings. 
Your assignment will be to help us improve the existing methods for measuring incoming raw materials more reliably, reproducible, and quantitively accurate, i.e. adapting the system parameters or implement wavelengths which are better to use for certain elements. This will be compared against ICP OES multiple elemental standards with known concentrations. Within the assignment you will also be informing R&D departments which also have an interest in the result.

With your internship you will be part of the Quality Assurance department who supports the ink manufacturing departments. This assignment is designed for you to gain a solid experience by using ICP OES. You will be doing scientifical literature research, chemical analysis, elemental analysis, reports, graphs, and presentations.

Your profile
•    You are currently studying HBO applied chemistry
•    You think it’s a challenge to find new and innovative ways to enhance the analytical performance
•    To be able to fulfil the assignment, you have an analytical mindset, accurate way of work, curiosity and you can communicate in English
•    You feel comfortable to plan with other colleagues and interns and does not mind to work both in team as well as independently
•    The duration of the project is approximately 5 months.  

What’s in it for you?
•    A challenging assignment with skilled coaching
•    Internship/ Graduation compensation of €500,- per month
•    Travel cost compensation if you don’t have an ‘OV-weekcard’
•    The possibility to network with professionals inside and outside your field of expertise, thanks to our diversity of disciplines which you will work with
•    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.

Interested?
Are you interested in this assignment? Please click on the button 'apply now' at the top on the page where you can upload your resume and motivation letter. 
If you would like to receive more information concerning this assignment, please contact Matthijs Janssen (internship supervisor), matthijs.janssen@cpp.canon.

If you have any questions about the internship in general, please contact Milou Geelen, + 31 6 25653192 

About Canon Production Printing
Canon Production Printing develops and manufactures high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market and is part of Canon, a global provider of imaging technologies and services. Canon Production Printing operates on three continents, with approximately 3300 employees (end 2022) and has its global headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands.

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