Mechanical Designer

Are you passionate about designing multidisciplinary systems, and eager to develop your career within the field of product development and engineering? For our innovation center in Venlo, the Netherlands, we are looking for a Mechanical designer to develop modules for our high-end print systems. This is your opportunity to accelerate your technical and personal skills at an innovative global leader in production printing! 

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Stephanie Vermeulen, HR, +31 629693193, stephanie.vermeulen@cpp.canon

Mechanical Designer

36-40 hours per week, in Venlo (NL)

What You’ll Do

Being key player in the development of our printer modules by translating multidisciplinary design challenges into monodisciplinary requirements, balancing performance, costs, functionality and time. 

In our product development projects at R&D you are responsible for the design of mechanical & mechatronic printer units, like accurate positioning systems, media transport systems, or structural dynamic systems.

Together with other disciplines you solve challenges by creating new/improved designs within the constraints of the product architecture. Maintaining a good balance between time, quality, accuracy, interdisciplinary interactions and cost is essential.

You take the ownership of the design from A to Z. While doing so, you work closely together with colleagues from other disciplines. You review your ideas and jointly develop smart creative solutions that meet the overall project objectives. You test and review your design(s) by using various simulation tools. You will be investigating or proving your design by fitting prototypes in the machines and running experiments.

What You Bring

• A Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• You are structured and good at keeping overview; being able to handle a diversity of topics simultaneously
• Good at thinking on a system / platform level
• Being a team player with proactive attitude, who likes to work in cross-functional teams
• Excellent analytical skills
• You are goal oriented, hands on, practical and like a pragmatic approach
• Knowledge and skills in design principles is also a big plus
• Skilled in Model Based Design
• Fluent in English, verbally and in writing. Profound knowledge of Dutch is a big plus
• Permitted to work in the Netherlands
• Relevant working experience is a plus
• Available for 32-40 hours per week

What You’ll Get From Us

We offer you a challenging job in an open and creative environment. With our company values collaboration, innovation and personal ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.

Besides this you will receive an interesting package of employment conditions:

• a competitive salary (range €4006,-  - €6117,- gross per month)
• 38 vacation days
• extra 13th month pay (8,6%), holiday allowance (8%) and commuting allowance
• hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• An active personal development program to grow your knowledge and skills by following trainings, conferences and peer consultation
• a laptop and smartphone
• an interesting lease (e-)bike plan

Career Opportunities

We support and challenge you to further develop yourself. You can grow into roles like lead designer, team lead, architect, project lead and department head. If you are ambitious and want to put the bar high, we’re looking for you!

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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.