Packaging Engineer

Job Title

Packaging Engineer

Job Description

You are responsible for

• Technical leadership in all packaging aspects of product development, launch and maintenance stage processes. Ensure smooth design transfer to industrialization, implementation of packaging requirements, check & optimization of systems and sub-systems, problem-solving in design and providing guidance to internal team, and external vendors ensuring robust end-to-end packaging design to fulfil quality / reliability/ safety and meet system requirements.

• Packaging requirements definition, development and launch plus aftercare of innovation projects, driving design review and development with (internal) engineering teams, OEM/ODM manufactures, including lifecycle product quality improvements.

• Managing the technical execution of packaging development with the cross-functional team and external vendors. Ensuring packaging requirements are clearly communicated and understood by suppliers.
  • Overseeing the packaging design process to ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards for customer appeal, structural integrity, and sustainability and optimize packaging concepts for manufacturability and cost.

• Creating packaging drawings and technical specifications, including materials, shipping cartons / palletization etc.., driving smooth packaging test execution, analyses and performance verification and reporting

• Ensures accurate and complete documentation of design specifications, test results, and validation procedures, adhering to regulatory standards and supervising the documentation efforts of junior team members.

• Use of critical thinking to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative packaging solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. Display a knack for complex problem solving by evaluating options and implementing solutions that address the root cause.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering or a related technical field

• Minimum 3 years of experience in packaging design and/or manufacturing, including paperboard, corrugated structures and structural packaging design. Track-record of developing consumer-related product packaging from concept development to market launch with key involvement in the industrialization phase.

• Working knowledge of tools such as Autodesk AutoCAD, Esko ArtiosCAD, CAPE Pack, Adobe Illustrator, SolidWorks, or PTC Creo

• Knowledge of ISTA testing protocols, international shipping / transportation standards and familiar with packaging materials like paper/carton, plastics, etc.

• Familiar with technical product documentation, particularly the data related to packaging dimensions, weights, logistical data and knowledge of data management to the PLM system.

• Excellent communication skills at all levels (fluent in English) to communicate with our multi-national team. Fluent in Mandarin and/or Cantonese. Experience in working with Far-East OEM/ODM external vendors. Strong analytical and geometric problem-solving ability and able to document decisions clearly and present complex technical information concisely 

• Composure, conflict management, timely decision making, listening skills, self-motivation, and perseverance are all requirements of this position. Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced, team oriented, new product development environment. Creative, and abstract thinker with a good balance to application, result-driven, accurate and quality minded. Ambition to create value for our customers.

• Travel in South China region: ~25-30%

How we work together
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