R&D Scientist in Electrochemistry and Complexation Chemistry

Veco is a world‑leading manufacturer of micro‑precision parts. It serves the world’s most innovative, hi‑tech companies from industries that demand high quality and precision. To meet customers’ specifications and demands, Veco has developed high standards of performance in Electroforming. This technology allows a powerful combination of precision and economical production; for high volumes and prototypes, standard and custom‑made products. Our technological capabilities have consistently delivered micro‑precision parts to leading companies across a wide range of industries across the globe.

At Veco, you will play a crucial role in understanding and developing processes. Drawing on a fundamental understanding of complexation chemistry combined with electrochemical process conditions, you will be able to predict, explain, and control aging and interaction processes in a way that allows us to guarantee unique material structures and properties for our customers through stable production processes. In doing so, you will enable us to innovate faster and more effectively.

• Spend about 75% of your time in the lab, working partly in the lab and partly in the office.
• Draft a plan, conduct literature reviews, and perform tests on various scales depending on the development phase.
• Remain closely involved in the industrialisation process after the R&D phase, transferring knowledge to Product Developers and Process Engineers.
• Contribute ideas on next steps and be available to answer technical questions.
• Stay up to date on market developments by attending conferences and networking with suppliers and academia.
• Provide the technical input for our long‑term objectives and largely determine the course we will take in the future.

• Experience in a similar R&D role and knowledge of electrochemistry and/or complexation chemistry.
• Strong communication skills with both the shop floor and the management team (both in Dutch and English, spoken and written).
• A degree from a technical university in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Inorganic Chemistry.
• Availability for at least 32hours per week.
• Residence in the Eerbeek, Zutphen, Zwolle, Enschede, Almelo, Deventer, Amersfoort, Arnhem, or Nijmegen area.
• Self‑reliance and a good team player.

• Dynamic and international work environment with plenty of room for personal development and growth.
• Permanent position with excellent employment benefits.
• 8% vacation pay, profit sharing (conditional), 27 vacation days, 13 ADV days, pension plan with a 60% employer contribution.
• Financially sound company that invests strategically in a better future.

You will be working for an innovative and growing company in the high‑tech sector. Our company culture is characterized by an open atmosphere, where the drive to excel is palpable and the bar is set high. We work with short lines of communication and are open to each other’s ideas. Here, you’ll have complete freedom to develop yourself and take the initiative on projects.