Avery Dennison · 1 day ago
UV Digital Ink Formulator
Painesville, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $135K/yr
2+ years expAvery Dennison Corporation is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. They are seeking a highly capable UV Digital Ink Formulator to lead and execute research and development of UV/LED curable inks, working cross-functionally to drive formulation innovation and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
ManufacturingPackaging ServicesRFID
Responsibilities
Lead the development of next generation UV/LED-curable digital ink formulations: select ink components such as monomers/oligomers, photoinitiators, dispersions and additives to create ink formulations for performance on various substrates
Manage multiple product development projects, focused on ink-jet inks design and improvement, while achieving targeted costs, project timing, and customer and regulatory specifications
Design, execute and analyse experiments to optimize cure behaviour, adhesion, flexibility, print performance, colour stability, shelf life, print-head compatibility and durability (mechanical, chemical, environmental)
Validate ink performance through printing in-house and working with customers
Carry out on-site hands-on ink formulation, testing and printing
Translate customer and market requirements (industrial printing, direct-to-object, packaging graphics) into technical specifications and formulation targets
Scale-up promising formulations from lab to pilot manufacturing; work with manufacturing/compounding teams to ensure batch reproducibility, process robustness, cost targets and quality metrics
Support regulatory and sustainability initiatives: ensure inks meet environmental, health & safety standards and support requested certifications and compliance requirements
Generate technical documentation: formulation records, test method protocols, stability/aging studies, failure analyses, root-cause investigations, and intellectual property capture (patent ideas)
Mentor junior chemists/technicians, share best practices in UV chemistry, photopolymerisation, and ink-system engineering
Stay abreast of emerging UV/LED photochemistry, ink-jet / digital printing trends, new substrates and materials to position us ahead of competition
Qualification
Required
Master's in Chemistry, Polymer Science, Material Science or closely related discipline (emphasis on photopolymerisation or UV curable systems)
Minimum 2+ years of relevant experience developing UV/LED curable coatings or inks in industrial environments for candidates with a PhD. 4+ years for those with a Master's degree
Strong analytical skills: experience with rheology, particle-size measurement, surface tensiometry, cure-testing, adhesion testing, environmental aging
Hands-on lab experience with formulation and small-scale compounding, plus experience facilitating scale-up to pilot/production
Excellent organization and written documentation of experimentation planning, results and analysis
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills; ability to translate technical detail into business value
Comfortable in a global business environment; able to manage multiple projects and priorities
Team player with excellent interpersonnel interaction skills
Ability to apply learnings from research to proceed to commercialization in an expedited manner
Preferred
PhD in Chemistry, Polymer Science, Material Science or closely related discipline (emphasis on photopolymerisation or UV curable systems)
Deep working knowledge of photoinitiator systems, UV/LED cure chemistry, oligomer/monomer networks and adhesion science
Extensive experience in digital printing and ink-jet ink formulation for packaging and direct-to-object substrates
Patent-filing experience or strong innovation track record
Experience working in a matrixed global organisation, with manufacturing and quality teams
Benefits
Health & wellness benefits starting on day 1 of employment
Paid parental leave
401K eligibility
Tuition reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program eligibility / Health Advocate
Paid vacation and paid holidays
Company
Avery Dennison
Avery Dennison is a materials science and digital identification solutions company focusing on labeling and packaging. It is a sub-organization of Deltafix.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$1.53B2025-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $588.43M
2024-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $542.91M
2023-03-06Post Ipo Debt· $400M
Leadership Team
Deon Stander
President and CEO
Jeremy Schenof
Vice President, Strategy, Solutions Group and AD Smartrac
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