Senior Engineer, Product Development

This role combines a strong technical vision, engineering skills and flexible packaging experience to develop liquid packaging solutions for SIG. Direct interaction with suppliers, customers and other industry participants will be necessary to understand the environment and execute the projects. The ideal candidate can think beyond detailed design issues and manage complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Manages flexible packaging development activities.
• Creates a vision for the assigned segments and implements it.
• Establishes self as a technical subject matter expert in food and non-food packaging via interaction with suppliers, customers and other industry participants.
• Researches advanced polymers and processing technologies with unique properties to create the next generation value proposition.
• Performs literature and patent searches, scouts for new technologies, and actively identifies intellectual property and patentable inventions.
• Coordinates blown film extrusion, printing, lamination, and bag/pouch developments and trials, as well as lab testing.
• Leads cross-functional teams, including members from commercial, operations, and supply chain departments, to commercialize the vision.
• Travels 25% of the time; international travel may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Polymer Engineering, or Materials Science from an accredited four-year college or university. Graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in blown film extrusion, printing (flexo, roto, and digital), and lamination (solvent-less and solvent).
• Experience in flexible packaging development and trials.
• Knowledge of food science and filling equipment are preferred.
• Experience in operating blown film equipment.

Benefits

• Generous Day 1 eligibility healthcare and life insurance for you and qualified dependents.
• 401K Retirement matching reimbursement.
• Vacation and Paid Sick Leave (PSL).
• Paid Holidays.
• Performance Bonus.
• Additional benefits available.

Pay

$95,000–$110,000

About SIG

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world.

Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.