Job description
Join PackLab Innovations, a leading packaging solutions provider for consumer goods. We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Packaging Engineer to lead packaging development from concept through commercialization and production transfer.
This role blends hands-on design, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic thinking to deliver packaging that protects product quality, reduces total costs, and supports sustainability goals.
Responsibility
- Lead end-to-end packaging design and development for new products and line extensions, from concept to production transfer.
- Collaborate with R&D, sourcing, operations, and suppliers to optimize materials, costs, performance, and sustainability.
- Design for manufacturability and ensure compliance with GMP, ISO quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Select materials, conduct performance testing (drop, compression, seal integrity, moisture), and establish qualification protocols.
- Manage project timelines, budgets, risk assessment, and stage gates for smooth commercialization.
- Support scale-up and tech transfer to production lines, including line trials and packaging validation.
- Develop and maintain packaging specifications, BOMs, artwork reflow guidelines, and change controls.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of packaging design and development experience in consumer goods, food, or beverage industries.
- Strong knowledge of packaging materials (corrugated, plastics, laminates), closures, and labeling/printing processes.
- Proficiency with CAD tools (Creo, SolidWorks) and packaging simulation; experience with DFx methodologies.
- Familiarity with GMP, ISO 9001, and regulatory requirements for packaging.
- Excellent communication, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Passion for sustainability, recyclability, and cost optimization in packaging.