Staff Packaging Engineer

CooperCompanies•Trumbull, CT

1d•$128,000 - $150,000

About The Position

The Staff Packaging Engineer drives packaging engineering excellence across the business, from validating that production processes meet design requirements to developing bespoke packaging solutions for new products. The role participates in a user-centric, end-to-end product innovation process spanning opportunity incubation, product development, market launch, and subsequent product engineering. The engineer provides technical leadership in packaging design, troubleshooting, modeling, prototyping, verification and validation, project delivery, and cross-functional collaboration. The position also supports medical-device design control compliance and maintains technical documentation in accordance with company quality standards, policies, procedures, and engineering best practices.

Requirements

Minimum BS with 8 or more years, or preferably MS with 5 or more years, of combined education and experience in medical-device development or related fields.
Expertise in CAD modeling using SolidWorks, mechanical design, and creating engineering drawings including GD&T.
Medical-device development experience and thorough understanding of design control guidelines, including verification and validation methods.
Proficiency in engineering first principles and analytical methods, including structural and fluid mechanics.
Advanced understanding of Design for Manufacturing (DFM).
Understanding of statistical methods, including design of experiments.
Ability to plan activities and lead technical teams or work independently with minimal direction.
Hands-on craft skills and experience building, fixing, servicing, or fabricating concepts, fixtures, prototypes, or similar items.

Nice To Haves

Experience translating customer needs into product requirements, conducting harm-based risk analysis, and defining acceptance criteria.
Experience with FEA and/or CFD mathematical modeling.
Proficiency with Design for Six Sigma (DFSS).
Experience identifying latent user needs and working in a front-end innovation process.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot packaging issues, coordinate root-cause analysis for complaints and CAPAs, and develop solution plans for technical problems and development challenges.
Design, develop, and improve packaging systems using engineering first principles and best practices, including CAD, GD&T, modeling, and DFSS.
Define packaging design inputs and outputs, establish verification and validation strategies, and drive testing to completion.
Generate concepts and prototypes to incubate opportunities and select solutions for new product development, upgrades, or improvements.
Create simulation and mathematical models, using experimental, numerical, statistical, or finite-element methods as appropriate, to assess technical feasibility.
Develop test methods and fixtures for packaging simulation, evaluation, and verification.
Deliver agreed project outcomes on time and within budget according to project plans.
Scope, plan, and manage assigned project tasks, workstreams, and deliverables in alignment with project plans and business objectives.
Train, mentor, and provide technical direction to junior engineers and team members as appropriate.
Manage execution and relationships with external partners, engineering consulting firms, and vendors.
Promote effective cross-functional collaboration to support timely and efficient delivery of business outcomes.
Contribute to assessment of new opportunities, acquisition targets, competitive products, and intellectual property to support business competitiveness and differentiation.
Support or lead scoping, project planning, and product requirement definition for new product development, upgrades, or line extensions.
Select, evaluate, and implement tools, techniques, and best practices to maintain state-of-the-art product development capabilities.
Communicate project progress, status, issues, challenges, accomplishments, and plans to team members, cross-functional partners, stakeholders, and managers.
Ensure medical-device design control compliance and adherence to applicable safety, quality, and regulatory guidelines and policies.
Maintain technical documentation for projects and products in accordance with company quality standards, policies, procedures, engineering best practices, and functional excellence requirements.