Packaging Engineer - Must Have Medical Device Packaging Exp or Pharma Industry Exp

6-month contract position (W2) based in Franklin Lakes, NJ. Hybrid schedule: three days on-site, two days remote. Open to US Citizens, Green Card holders, GC EAD, OPT, EAD, or CPT. Relocation assistance not provided.

About the Role

Mid-level Packaging Engineer within the Packaging COE (R&D) department of a medical-device company. The role focuses on packaging design, development, verification, and validation for medical devices under design-control processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Packaging, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in medical-device or pharmaceutical packaging.
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Packaging design & development for medical devices or pharma.
  • Packaging verification & validation for medical devices or pharma.
  • Design-control processes for medical devices.
  • Packaging standards and regulatory requirements (ISO 11607, EU MDR, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Apply packaging-engineering principles to design, prototype, and qualify new packaging concepts under design-control requirements with moderate guidance.
• Evaluate and improve existing packaging concepts with moderate guidance.
• Identify, analyze, and specify standard packaging materials and equipment.
• Support external contractors/resources as needed.
• Communicate technical knowledge effectively and validate understanding of packaging test methods, standards, and related equipment.
• Develop medical-device packaging systems for flexible and rigid applications.
• Conduct packaging-system verification and validation.
• Utilize CAD tools for packaging design and apply statistics/design-of-experiments methodologies.
• Adhere to client Quality and Corporate Policies; no direct reports or functional-area responsibility.

Skills

• Proficiency with CAD tools for packaging design.
• Experience with statistics and design of experiments.
• Knowledge of ISO 11607, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971 standards.

Schedule

• Full-time: 40 hours/week, 1st shift.
• Hybrid model: three days on-site, two days remote.