Development Engineer III

FUJIFILM Dimatix is located in Lebanon, NH in the beautiful Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee region on the NH/VT border. With Dartmouth College nearby, we are surrounded by a vibrant academic, professional, and cultural community offering excellent schools, lively arts, and an unmatched quality of life in a scenic, rural setting.

We are the world’s leading provider of inkjet printheads for commercial and industrial printing. As an engineering community, we invest heavily in research and development, maintaining one of the most capable inkjet R&D groups in the world with over one third of our staff actively engaged in product engineering.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Jetting Technology Center is responsible for the development of printhead technologies and operating techniques with the goal of implementation into future printhead products. These technology development activities include jet design, jetting operability, image quality evaluation, and jetting performance evaluation.

The Development Engineer will be responsible for working in the Jetting Technology Center applying advanced mechanical engineering theories, methods and research techniques in the investigation and solution of core technology problems. This position will contribute to the expansion our inkjet printhead technology through development of new tools and improving our understanding of underlying device physics.

Strong interest to work in a hands-on laboratory environment, the ability to accurately measure printhead performance, and provide detailed analysis of results. Works closely with fellow JTC team members to define and implement new performance evaluation techniques and with the Technology Development team to provide feedback on potential design implementation.

KNOWLEDGE: Having wide ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways. JOB COMPLEXITY: Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Internal and external contacts often pertain to company plans and objectives. SUPERVISION: Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead). Be able to work self-directed.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: - Conceives and plans projects involving exploration of product and/or process problems, definition and selection of new concepts and approaches to the design or development of new or improved products and processes. - Conducts independent technical investigations involving the application of the principles of electromechanical design in the origination or modification of material, component or process specifications and requirements. - Design of hardware and software control systems. Including oversight of assembly / debug / qualification / implementation. - Takes ownership of test efficiency and effectiveness. Seeks out opportunities to improve jetting performance evaluation techniques in both short and long term. - Directs projects or major phases of projects and coordinates the efforts of technical support staff. - Analyzes, evaluates and plans methods of approach and organizes means to achieve the solution of complex jet design and jetting operability issues. - Works cross-functionally with Business Development - Operations, Product Development, and outside Partners (Customers & Suppliers) - Understands and enhances custom design tools to improve our ink jet technology platform through modeling and analysis. - Provides core technology support for other projects as needed

REQUIRED: - Advanced problem-solving skills utilizing science and engineering education to arrive at practical solutions. - Familiarity with statistical methods. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Ability to work individually as well as interact with vendors, customers, and other engineers. - A strong interest and desire to work in a hands-on laboratory environment. - Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience. - Excellent interpersonal skills required to gain cross functional support for projects, programs, and initiatives. - Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. - Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. - Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. - Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. - Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. - Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

DESIRED: - Knowledge of ink jet printing systems. - Proficiency in MatLab.