Senior Analyst, Package Testing

Estée Lauder Companies • Melville, NY

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About The Position

The Package Testing Senior Analyst independently provides quantitative analysis of packaging components and materials to help ensure packages contain and deliver products throughout their useful life and meet Estee Lauder’s standards of excellence. The role handles advanced and complex evaluations of packaging components for functionality and package compatibility. As a skilled individual contributor, the Senior Analyst collaborates across teams and makes sustained contributions that affect new and improved products, packages, devices, and testing methodologies.

The role supports technical readiness and Right-First-Time execution for regional innovation and renovation programs. It develops and validates testing approaches, evaluates packaging systems and materials, analyzes test results, makes technical recommendations, and helps resolve complex packaging and product-performance issues. The Senior Analyst also researches emerging packaging technologies and materials and provides technical guidance and mentoring to junior analysts and laboratory personnel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Science, Material Science/Plastics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated.
• Strong organizational, multitasking, and time-management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Package Development, R&D Formulation, Quality Assurance, Commercialization, and Validation Engineering to support technical readiness and Right-First-Time execution for regional innovation and renovation programs.
• Apply first-principles thinking to develop predictive methodologies that improve testing efficiency and forecast package performance.
• Participate in Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (dFMEA) to identify risks, evaluate mitigation strategies, and support robust package development.
• Determine appropriate testing methodologies for packaging materials and components, including comprehensive test plans, consumer usage simulations, and risk-based validation strategies.
• Evaluate packaging systems for seal integrity, weight loss, compatibility, fill level, functionality, and overall performance using laboratory procedures and industry standards.
• Develop, optimize, and validate predictive, analytical, and consumer-focused test methods supporting product quality, performance, and speed-to-market objectives.
• Analyze, interpret, and summarize testing data and experimental results.
• Provide data-driven recommendations and define next steps to support project decisions and technical risk assessments.
• Communicate test results, observations, conclusions, and recommendations to cross-functional project teams in a timely, reliable, and scientifically robust manner.
• Lead and support root cause investigations and problem-solving initiatives involving manufacturing, quality, package performance, and functional issues.
• Apply scientific and engineering principles to resolve complex packaging challenges and improve product reliability and consumer experience.
• Research, evaluate, and report on the strengths, limitations, and feasibility of emerging packaging materials, technologies, and design concepts.
• Investigate innovative packaging solutions to improve performance, sustainability, consumer experience, and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and day-to-day leadership to junior analysts and laboratory personnel.
• Mentor team members, share technical knowledge, and promote best practices in package testing and material science.

What This Job Offers

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