We are looking for a hands-on laboratory support professional within the Lattiz Systems team, who will execute tests and measurements on advanced milk-foaming machines and consumables. In this role, you contribute to ensuring reliable machine performance and consistently high in-cup milk foam quality. Your work directly supports the continuous improvement of a unique, high-complexity beverage system used by professionals across Europe.

What we ask

• MBO education in Food Technology or Engineering;
• Experience or strong affinity with laboratory, machine, or test environments;
• Accurate, hands-on, and safety-conscious working style;
• Strong technical insight and analytical skills;
• Team-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for working in an innovative R&D environment.

What we offer

• This position is classified under the Dairy CLA 7 (€3.538 - €4.350 based on a 36-hour workweek). Your salary will be based on your experience and education;
• A unique culture: FrieslandCampina has Dutch roots and has grown into an international organization with locations around the world;
• We offer a healthy work–life balance, a competitive salary, and attractive secondary benefits such as a 36-hour workweek, 8% holiday allowance, a competitive pension scheme, a 5% year-end bonus, and flexible working hours;
• Various training and coaching programs to support your development and help you shape your own professional career path;
• Internal career progression is strongly encouraged within FrieslandCampina!
• An informal and friendly working environment where you collaborate with driven and professional colleagues;
• We give you trust and autonomy to create long-term impact that contributes to better nutrition for the world;
• FrieslandCampina offers a company bicycle plan and a corporate fitness plan.

Vacancy description

• Perform laboratory tests on Lattiz machines, subsystems, and consumables
• Measure and analyse machine behaviour, including water, air, temperature, and flow performance
• Evaluate milk foam quality based on texture, stability, and consistency
• Execute hygiene, sealing, and robustness tests
• Maintain test setups and laboratory equipment
• Report test results clearly to engineers and project teams
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary R&D environment

Want to work with colleagues from 32 nationalities in R&D who work together intensively in an inspiring environment? Then here is your opportunity. Our Innovation Centre in Wageningen consists of four parts: a large pilot plant with cooling and storage warehouses and three buildings in which the offices and the strictly hygienic laboratories are housed. Pedestrian bridges and atriums connect the different parts with each other. The centre also includes an experience centre, an innovation kitchen and a test bakery. Here, Consumers, Customers and Employees of FrieslandCampina from all over the world can experience our tasty products. In order to accelerate and strengthen our innovation process, we also work together with innovation partners such as Wageningen University & Research Centre, other knowledge institutes, our member dairy farmers, customers and suppliers in the Innovation Centre. 
About our team and office: 
•    A multidisciplinary team — highly skilled, focused on making our best work together 
•    A friendly environment — with wonderful cafeteria, free milk, cheese and Lattiz  coffee 
•    Sustainability - BREEAM certified sustainable building & and in view of the rise of electric means of transport, there are charging points for electric cars, scooters and / or bicycles.