Ink-Print System Interaction Researcher

Are you an ambitious researcher with a drive to define, deliver, and integrate the optimal ink into the printer system, ensuring a successful product? And are you looking for a challenging job in a multidisciplinary multinational R&D organisation? Apply now!

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Stephanie Vermeulen HR, +31 6 29693193, stephanie.vermeulen@cpp.canon

Ink-Print System Interaction Researcher
40 hours per week, On location in Venlo (NL)

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a talented Ink-Print System Interaction Researcher to strengthen our R&D teams. In this role, you will serve as the crucial link between an ink development team and other teams responsible for the development of other parts of a printing system such as fixation or printheads.

Your contributions will be vital to the creation of our products in an R&D environment. Working closely with your colleagues in the ink team, your goal is to define, deliver, and integrate the optimal ink into the printer system, ensuring a successful product. The ink's role is central to the system, influencing various performance aspects like print quality, color gamut, and jetting reliability, making this position both broad and versatile.

During the development phase, you will have access to state-of-the-art test setups for conducting experiments and system tests, helping to solve problems and define ink requirements. You will also be responsible for maintaining and updating these test setups, ensuring they remain state-of-the-art and support relevant insights contributing to the development of inks.

Your challenge as an Ink-Print System Interaction Researcher

This role requires a broad range of skills and working methods. We expect you to:

• Challenge ink designers: Within the ink function, you will challenge ink designers to meet the functional requirements of test liquids. This involves developing know-how about the role and effect of ink ingredients on print aspects such as print quality or robustness of the prints and  quantify those relationships through physical parameters.
• Collaborate across functions: Work closely with other multidisciplinary functions of the project to define the functional requirements for the ink, aiming to contribute to the highest possible print system performance.
• Maintain and develop test setups: Keep our test setups and measurement methods up to date. Ensure our inks can be tested to market standards with high confidence and detailed reporting.

What You Bring

We are looking for someone who:

• Holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics, applied science, or a related field.

• Can translate print process requirements into desired ink behavior descriptions and that can develop physical models describing the behavior with measurable ink physical parameters.
• Is a team player in a multidisciplinary R&D environment.
• Enjoys problem-solving and performing hands-on tests on high-tech printing systems and measurement setups.
• Is fluent in English, both verbal and written.
• Is practical, analytical, goal-oriented, and quality-minded.
• Is available for 32-40 hours per week.

What You’ll Get From Us

We offer a position within a large, complex, and international product development organization with partners, suppliers, and customers worldwide. You will have a high level of responsibility and the opportunity to work on diverse product development projects. We challenge you to deliver outstanding products on time, meeting business strategy and stakeholder and customer requirements.

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.

Besides that we offer excellent conditions:

• a competitive salary, in line with you educational background and experience (€ 3108,- - € 5175,-)
• 38 vacation days
• commuting allowance, standard end-of-year bonus equal to one month’s salary, and vacation pay (8%)
• options for hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• a laptop and smartphone
• a huge range of training and professional development opportunities