Senior Packaging Engineering Program Manager

About the role

The Senior Packaging Engineering Program Manager supports packaging development across Lovevery's direct-to-consumer, retained, and retail packaging programs. The team focuses on structural packaging development, including pallet configurations, case packs, molded fiber, and press-fit corrugated solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with manufacturing partners to make strategic front-end decisions within our sustainability framework that pass validation testing for different types of packaging.
• Maintain an up-to-date database of packaging specifications using software platforms such as ArtiosCAD, CAPE, TOPS, SolidWorks, and Adobe Illustrator.
• Collaborate with our product development and production design teams to prepare dielines for manufacturing.
• Consolidate and present complex technical details regarding how packaging programs are evolving to stakeholders on a consistent basis.
• Evaluate prototypes and samples from suppliers for quality and accuracy.
• Provide detailed feedback to suppliers to ensure programs are being launched on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in packaging engineering or a related field of study.
• Experience developing packaging for market-bound items that have become purchasable.
• Expert knowledge of packaging materials and manufacturing processes.
• Expert knowledge of sustainable packaging design practices.
• Significant experience working with suppliers to evaluate packaging designs and optimize for manufacturing.
• Experience providing direct input to product profitability assessments to help determine fully burdened costs associated with freight and fulfillment.
• Experience designing packaging for products made of our most common materials, including wood, plastic, and cotton.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Proven understanding and ability to design for print production.
• Passion for packaging design and a basic understanding of macro design trends.
• A portfolio showing your ability to think visually and work through digital and physical iterations of an idea.

Minimum Software Qualifications

• High degree of proficiency in the following software platforms:
• ArtiosCAD
• CAPE
• TOPS
• SolidWorks
• Adobe Illustrator

Preferred Qualifications

• Complete understanding of toy safety standards related to both distribution and retained packaging.
• Technical engineering training.
• Proven understanding of CAD best practices.
• Understanding of materials and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to execute safe engineering practices while maintaining the design intent of physical products.
• Proven understanding of engineering design principles.
• Proven understanding of Design for Manufacturing.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes for toy manufacturing, including injection molding and wood manufacturing.
• Proven understanding of fastening/joining as it relates to part design.

Compensation and Benefits

Competitive salary, benefits, and stock option package
Generous parental leave
Any equipment you need to get the job done
Free/discounted Lovevery products