About this role
About the Role
Senior Packaging and Labeling Engineer to lead the development, validation, and execution of packaging and labeling solutions for our products. This role involves working with vendors to build and validating packaging machines, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and optimizing packaging processes to improve efficiency and sustainability. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in packaging design, material selection, labeling systems, and packaging machinery validation, particularly in industries such as medical devices and pharmaceuticals. What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and optimize packaging systems (pouches, blister trays, cartons, labels, boxes, shrink wraps, etc.) to meet functional, quality, and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct material evaluation, testing, and selection with consideration for compatibility, sustainability, manufacturability, durability, and cost.
- Lead or support root‑cause investigations and implement improvements for packaging-related performance issues.
- Prototyping & Process Development: Lead or contribute to prototype design, assembly, testing, and line trials to validate new packaging concepts. Develop and refine packaging manufacturing processes, including equipment specification, qualification, and validation.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and Supply Chain to ensure smooth technology transfer to production.
- Equipment, Systems & Automation: Oversee installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance readiness of packaging machinery and inspection systems (e.g., vision systems, inline verification).
- Troubleshoot equipment or system performance and drive corrective and preventive actions to maintain efficiency and quality.
- Quality, Compliance & Risk Management: Integrate quality assurance and control requirements into packaging and process design. Ensure adherence to technical standards, regulatory guidelines, and global packaging/labelling regulations. Perform or support risk assessments. What We're Looking For
- Senior Packaging and Labeling Engineer with experience in leading packaging design, material selection, labeling systems, and packaging machinery validation.
- Experience in industries such as medical devices and pharmaceuticals.
- Ability to manage related equipment and process validations under the Quality system change control process. Coordinate integration of new products and processes into manufacturing systems and processes.
- Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills (Engineering, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain) and a track record of successful technology transfer to production.
- Problem solving mindset with ability to lead root cause investigations and drive improvements.