Are you ready for a two-year training program while at the same time receiving a salary? Do you like to work in an international, multidisciplinary team of professional experts for the next two years? Would you like to apply your innovative, creative ideas in systems engineering in the high-tech printing industry? Then you should consider starting as a PDEng trainee (https://tue.nl/pdeng) at Eindhoven University of Technology, TU/e, https://tue.nl, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and gain a head start on your fellow Master students!

Professional Doctorate in Engineering (PDEng)
During the traineeship you follow an individual program, consisting of courses, workshops, assessments and industrial projects, deepening the theoretical knowledge gained during your university studies. You will apply all knowledge gained in a large-scale in-company multidisciplinary design project. The project for this traineeship is conducted in collaboration between the Electronic Systems group (https://tue.nl/es) in the Electrical Engineering department of TU/e and Canon Production Printing (CPP, https://cpp.canon). You will build up a valuable network and can count on professional supervision from both the university and CPP. Your individual training scheme is customized to your personal and professional skills, as well as the demands of the industrial project.

Background on the topic
Production printers like the Canon VarioPrint iX-series, https://cpp.canon/products/varioprint-ix-series/, provide high-quality full-color prints at speeds up to 160 A4 sheets, duplex, per minute. These printers may be part of production lines for books, magazines, personalized mailings, etc., consisting not only of the printer but also of a variety of modules that implement pre-print and post-print processes. The paper path in such a production printer is responsible for transporting the sheets in the printer during the printing process, from the pre-print process, via one or two passes of the print heads, to the post-print process. The embedded software controls the scheduling and positioning of the pages, and the movement of mechanical components like transportation belts and print heads. Co-design of the scheduling and the paper path is needed to optimize productivity by aligning, for instance, motion profiles of sheets and print-head maintenance with the scheduling. A production printers is an example Cyber-Physical Production System (CPPS). Software control and mechanical and physical processes are tightly coupled in such CPPS and need to be designed in close combination for optimal productivity at the lowest cost. Flow-shop models provide a rigorous basis for the model-driven design of CPPS. The focus of the industrial project for this traineeship is the model-driven scheduling of sheets in print production lines and the co-design of scheduling and the paper path.

The team
The PDEng traineeship is part of a research project funded by NWO, the Dutch research council, in collaboration with ESI (TNO, https://esi.nl) and CPP. You will become a member of a team with three PhD students and several staff members from TU/e, Delft University of Technology, Radboud University, CPP, and ESI. You will be expected to work both at TU/e in Eindhoven and at CPP in Venlo, as appropriate for the project.

The vacancy is open to MSc graduates from a top university. You should

• have a MSc degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or any other relevant program.
• have theoretical and applied knowledge of software engineering and model-driven design.
• have solid skills in C / C++ programming.
• have excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken).
• be a flexible team player, actively helping other team members, and see changes as an opportunity to learn and grow.
• be a quick learner, able to and interested in acquiring new skills and competences.
• show a hands-on attitude, taking responsibility for the process from specification to implementation and validation, including communication and alignment with peers.

We offer 

• A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university with a close relationship to industry.
• A fulltime temporary appointment for the period of 2 years. The preferred starting time of the traineeship is 1 September, 2022.
• To support you during your PDEng and to prepare you for the rest of your career, you will have free access to a personal development program for PDEng trainees.
• A gross monthly salary of € 2.009,-- and benefits in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities.
• Additionally, an annual holiday allowance of 8% of the yearly salary, plus a year-end allowance of 8.3% of the annual salary.
• Family-friendly initiatives are in place, such as excellent technical infrastructure,
  on-campus children day care, savings schemes, and excellent sports facilities. 
• Assistance for finding accommodation can be given.