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Description

Role Overview

• We are seeking a Packaging Engineer to support the packaging team at our Branchburg facility. This role focuses on packaging development, design, specification writing, and cross-functional collaboration within a healthcare/medical device environment.
• The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on packaging engineering experience, preferably in the healthcare or medical device industry, and the ability to work across multiple teams including quality, operations, logistics, and vendors.

Manager's Update 

• Develop and maintain packaging specifications
• Support package design, development, and testing activities
• Drive on-market changes, including design updates and improvements
• Participate in investigations and CAPAs from an engineering perspective
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Quality, Operations, Logistics, Suppliers)
• Coordinate with vendors/suppliers for packaging solutions
• Support change control / change management processes
• Contribute to packaging-related documentation and compliance activities
• Strong Packaging Engineering experience (near must-have)
• Experience in Packaging design & development, Specification writing, Packaging testing
• Exposure to CAPA / investigations, Change management / change control
• Ability to work in a cross-functional environment
• Vendor/supplier coordination experience
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Packaging Engineering
• Engineering degrees (Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical, Manufacturing) with relevant packaging experience
• Packaging Engineer with 3–5 years of relevant experience
• Background in medical device or healthcare packaging
• Strong technical and hands-on packaging knowledge
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
• Candidates with 10+ years experience are acceptable if aligned with pay rate
• PhD candidates are acceptable

Preferred Skills

• Experience in healthcare / medical device packaging
• Knowledge of packaging tools/software ArtiosCAD, AutoCAD, SolidWorks
• Exposure to Label development, Carton design
• Understanding of packaging interactions with product development

Description:

An engineering professional who applies scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete assignments related to packaging commodities, process and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for addressing regulatory requirements related to packaging medical devices.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Plans and conducts small- to medium-size assigned packaging engineering projects may include developing packaging designs, assessing supplier changes or capabilities, packaging equipment interface, testing protocols, and supporting investigations.
• Supports and coordinates with cross functional teams to align development and implementation strategies for packaging changes or solutions.
• Independently executes the design of packaging solutions by applying standard engineering theories, concepts, and techniques within the discipline. Independently investigates, conducts tests or experiments.
• Improves methods/designs/processes. Recognizes and implements good ideas/innovations/costs reductions; consistently generates/adopts original solutions to problems and reduces them to practices.
• Creates and implements package component specifications and technical documentation.

Qualifications

• A Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 2+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience.
• Additional post-graduate education may contribute towards the desired years of experience.

• Has demonstrated competency within an engineering discipline.
• Packaging engineering preferred.

• Possesses a working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures.

• Ability to work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors including root cause analysis and design requirement development.

• Demonstrates judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Interacts well with diverse groups within engineering and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Listens to and understands others' points of view and articulates tactfully and respectfully one's own perspective orally, in writing, and in presentations.
• Works well with other engineers in a collaborative, fast-paced goal-driven environment.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Has a technical background in health care, medical devices, pharmaceutical, biologics, or similar industries (preferred).

What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:

1. Packaging Engineering degree and or experience
2. Healthcare packaging engineering experience
3. Specification writing change control experience

Experience Level = 3-5 Years