About Océ - a Canon Company
Jobs at Océ allow you to build a career with an international leader in digital printing and document management and be part of the famous Canon brand. In 2010 Océ joined the Canon Group of companies with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, to create the global leader in the printing industry. A leader in professional and consumer imaging equipment and information systems, Canon is one of the world’s most well-known brands. Océ forms the new Production Printing Products Operations unit within the Canon Group, and carries out many joint R&D projects with Canon.
Océ-Technologies B.V.
You can help improve the daily work of millions of professionals throughout the world. By creating better digital printing systems for technical drawing offices, company printrooms and commercial printers. Or developing more effective ways for people to manage their business critical documents. At Océ Research & Development (R&D) new technologies, product concepts and software are developed. R&D jobs at Océ in Venlo take you to one of the top 10 R&D sites in the Netherlands. It employs around 800 people, most of whom are university graduates. For decisive problem-solvers who enjoy a dynamic workplace, Océ Manufacturing & Logistics (M&L) is the place to be. Some 750 professionals work in diverse manufacturing jobs at Océ in Venlo across the supply chain. Your skills can keep our vital business processes on track. From purchasing, inbound, manufacturing, logistics and planning & inventory to service, spare parts, reverse logistics (remanufacturing) and installation at the customer.
Position Description
The department Research on Products and Processes (RPP) is part of the Océ’s R&D organization (800 employees) in Venlo. RPP focuses on technological innovations, new business development or a combination of the two. Our ambition is not just to comply with environmental legislation, but to become a ‘smart’ leader in sustainable solutions for our customers. Currently RPP is focusing on technological breakthroughs to become a leader in sustainable solutions. Within this field we have a vacancy for the position of Researcher Sustainable Products and Service Concepts Challenge in the field of ecodesign, coming up with feasible concepts.
Your role
You work on the future projects of R&D, doing exploratory research to make Océ’s products, services and working methods more sustainable. You come up with concepts that convincingly demonstrate the right balance between sustainability, financial profit and customer satisfaction. For your business cases you perform life cycle assessments (bill of materials, analysis of production and recycling phase), make cost and benefit estimates.
You analyze topics like the relation between ink droplet composition, spreading behavior on a substrate and print quality. A fascinating combination of micro fluidics, surface physics and micro optics. Other possible topics to work on are the design of smart coatings for sheets or printer parts with the right balance of physical properties (antistatic, frictional, optical, adhesion, environmental, cost), or ingenious heating/cooling concepts for drying wet sheets at minimum energy use and high velocity.
You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that focuses on a research topic. You will work with other physicists, mechanical engineers, industrial designers, chemists and electronics and software experts. Together you will realize your concepts into designs, and proof the feasibility in test equipment and/or prototypes of new printers. Where relevant you will work together with external partners and/or with product development colleagues that design their products based on your concepts.
Our Offer
We offer you a job in an informal environment, where we work in small multidisciplinary teams on our research projects. We offer you also the opportunity to develop yourself in our organization. Possible next steps can be in a technical direction, project management or people management.
Who are we looking for?
• Masters/PhD in the field of Physics
• You have a max of 5 years work experience
• You can describe yourself as a real team player, driven to deliver results and having a ‘hands-on’ mentality
• Moreover you are strong self-motivated, have a clear personal ambition and you are challenged by developing a vision on Océ’s future.
• Last, you have strong communication and analytical skills
Interested?
For more information about this vacancy, please contact Henriëtte Mennen, HR Manager, T +31 (0)77 359 3986 or Nynke Adema, Recruiter, T +31 (0)77 359 2898. Please apply with your CV and cover letter by the 'apply' button below.
| Education Backgrounds: |
Micro / Nano Technology Physics |
| Specialties: |
Aerodynamics / Flow / Fluidics Experimental Physics Optics Product Development Research (R&D) |
| Education Level: |
Postgraduate (Masters) Doctorate (PH.D) |
| Experience: |
0 - 2 years 2 - 5 years |
| Languages spoken: |
English |
| Job Location: | Venlo, Netherlands |
Type: Job
Deadline: 6th February 2013
Job reference (ID): 5476
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