Lead Packaging Design Engineer - Wellness

Haleon • Warren Township, NJ

1d • $131,518 - $180,838 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Packaging Design Engineer serves as the packaging steward for the Wellness category, ensuring deliverables meet or exceed quality, creative, and product requirements within established timelines and budgets. The role enables product innovation through packaging design and technology development, including the development of ownable packaging innovation and intellectual property.

The engineer partners with the Lead Packaging Industrial Designer on technical engineering and development of packaging and tooling. Work includes 3D CAD, FEA, statistical dimensional analysis, FMEA, specification generation, prototyping, and development of design-of-experiments for unit operations. The role evaluates new technologies and develops data-backed feasibility assessments covering function, manufacturability, component cost, tooling estimates, preliminary development lead time, risk, and global consistency.

The position supports all aspects of technical development, including supplier recommendations and selection, cost estimating, value analysis, testing, and technical proof of manufacturability. It develops packaging specifications and validates technical drawings, works with Package Developers and Engineering to define specifications and defect ranges, and helps ensure components assemble efficiently at production rates. The role also manages development timelines and risks and works with external suppliers, vendors, Manufacturing, and Engineering to develop detailed designs, analyses, and custom solutions.

The position is hybrid in Warren, New Jersey, or Richmond, Virginia, with three days on-site required.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
• 10 years of experience in mechanical design engineering.
• Proficiency with computer systems, including 3D design systems and analysis, MS Excel, Word, Outlook, and timeline-management systems.
• Computer-aided engineering experience with FEA and/or CFD, including demonstrated ability to generate and interpret results.
• Demonstrated knowledge of fundamental mechanical design and/or tooling design.
• Strong fundamental engineering skills.
• Technical competency analyzing geometric objects in 2D and 3D, including clearances and fit and finish of assemblies and subassemblies.
• Fundamental knowledge of materials used in equipment and package construction and manufacturing, including injection molding, blow molding, tool design, and component assembly.

Nice To Haves

• MS degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent engineering degree.
• Course concentration in solid mechanics, design and manufacturing, parts design, plastics processing, robotics, and/or thermal sciences.
• SolidWorks experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as packaging steward for the Wellness category and ensure deliverables meet quality, creative, and product requirements within timelines and budgets.
• Support packaging innovation through design and technology development, including development of packaging concepts and intellectual property.
• Partner with the Lead Packaging Industrial Designer to engineer and develop packaging and tooling.
• Perform technical engineering and development, including 3D CAD, FEA, statistical dimensional analysis, FMEA, specification generation, and prototyping.
• Lead or support development of design-of-experiments for specific unit operations.
• Research technologies within and outside the industry to evaluate best practices and support innovation.
• Develop comprehensive, data-backed feasibility assessments covering function, manufacturability, cost, tooling, lead time, risk, and global consistency.
• Support technical development, including feasibility, CAD development, cost estimating, technical profiles, and supplier recommendations or selection.
• Conduct pre-design-turnover and post-business-award FMEA.
• Perform value analysis to ensure packaging is cost-effective and sustainable while meeting design, function, and quality criteria.
• Work with the Head of Design and Engineering on assigned technical project sections through Technical Proof of Manufacturability.
• Execute packaging test plans for assigned technical sections.
• Collaborate with Package Developers and Engineering to define specifications, design criteria, and defect ranges for component manufacture, filling, and assembly.
• Develop packaging specifications and validate that technical drawings define all aspects of the assigned technical unit operation.
• Work with Engineering to ensure packaging components assemble efficiently at optimal production rates.
• Keep informed about new materials, processes, and procedures through colleagues, vendors, journals, professional affiliations, and seminars.
• Support Package Developers with design and development schedules, identify risks or mitigations affecting component availability, and report development risks or delays.
• Work with external suppliers and vendors on detailed engineering designs, analysis, and custom solutions.
• Build and cultivate relationships with Manufacturing and Engineering.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Comprehensive benefits program, including healthcare coverage for the employee and family, with the company paying the majority of medical coverage.
• Generous 401(k) plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Time-off programs, including six months of paid parental leave.
• Eligibility for benefits beginning on day one.
• Discretionary bonus based on achievement of key business performance.
• Other incentive and recognition programs.
• 18% target bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior