Packaging Engineer

Hasbro•Renton, WA

11d

About The Position

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre-defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. This role is for a Packaging Engineer who will be responsible for building sketches, physical prototypes, and CAD models to support packaging alignment on new product development. The engineer will drive innovation and collaboration through actively engaging in product development discussions to assess the best ways to build and test new components and problem-solve challenges for continuous product improvement. They will act as a liaison between suppliers and brand owners to develop design solutions that balance product objectives, cost, quality, and sustainability regulations. The role involves composing and leading presentations to support concept review meetings between internal and external partners, developing and approving die lines for manufacturing, validating die lines across many suppliers, and meticulously documenting and archiving die lines and related specifications. Additionally, the engineer will produce detailed technical drawings for final product specifications and collaborate with Product Engineers and Quality Engineers to support specifications and testing standards. The position also requires proactively adopting and contributing to process improvements, new tools and ways of working, skill sharing, documentation standards, and team-building, while modeling exemplary communication and schedule procedures to facilitate project success across teams.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in industrial design and/or packaging science or equivalent.
Three years’ experience or equivalent engineering packaging for mass production, including paperboard and corrugate boxes and vacuum-form shells.
Proficient in 3D CAD software: ArtiosCAD; Cape Pack; SolidWorks, and 2D design software: Adobe Illustrator; InDesign; Photoshop.
Experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, Powerpoint.
Materials knowledge in paperboard, corrugate, films, and thermoplastics, with the ability to appropriately select materials to balance performance, aesthetic, and cost.
Passionate about 3D problem-solving, working within multi-functional teams.
Experience with palletization standards, related drawings and software.
Familiarity with packaging testing standards.
Demonstrated ability to successfully lead multiple projects and schedules simultaneously with minimal direction.
Ability to support rapid conceptualization and physical prototypes.
Proven experience effectively collaborating with production partners, including foreign suppliers.
Interest in finding environmentally sustainable packaging solutions that support the product objectives.
Some travel and lifting are required.
Be a continuous learner who shares knowledge to make others better.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Smartsheet and Miro is desired.

Responsibilities

Build sketches, physical prototypes, and CAD models to support packaging alignment on new product development.
Drive innovation and collaboration through actively engaging in product development discussions to assess the best ways to build and test new components and problem-solve challenges for continuous product improvement.
Act as a liaison between suppliers and brand owners to develop design solutions that balance product objectives, cost, quality, and sustainability regulations.
Compose and lead presentations to support concept review meetings between internal and external partners.
Develop and approve die lines for manufacturing.
Validate die lines across many suppliers.
Fastidiously document and archive die lines and related specifications.
Produce detailed technical drawings for final product specifications.
Collaborate with Product Engineers and Quality Engineers to support specifications and testing standards.
Proactively adopt and contribute to process improvements, new tools and ways of working, skill sharing, documentation standards, and team-building.
Model exemplary communication and schedule procedures to facilitate project success across teams.