Print process researcher physics

Join Canon Production Printing as a Print Process Researcher

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

What You’ll Do

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

You are responsible for:

• Steering development of technology assets (inks, print heads, media, image processing) 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 has:

• A Bachelor degree in Physics
• A strong technical background and eagerness to learn
• A combination of experimental and modeling skills to understand the physics of the printing process by performing experiments on test setups and capturing the knowledge in models
• Outstanding people management skills - ability to influence and motivate people. Team builder with strong planning/project management skills, a proactive attitude, and experience in extensive stakeholder management
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills and a strong results-driven mindset
• Proven work experience in product development is a plus
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in English – verbal and written

What You’ll Get From Us

We provide an exciting, dynamic work environment with plenty of opportunities for you to develop personally and professionally. With our company values of 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.

In addition to that, we offer excellent conditions:

• A competitive salary, in line with your educational background and experience
• Commuting allowance, extra 13th Month pay (8.6%) and Holiday Allowance (8%)
• 38 vacation days
• Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A laptop and smartphone
• A huge range of training and professional development opportunities

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.

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