Senior Packaging Engineer

Position Summary

The Senior Packaging Engineer independently applies packaging engineering principles to design, develop, and implement packaging solutions across a broad range of products and services. This role translates functional, regulatory, and operational requirements into robust, manufacturable packaging designs, ensuring an effective balance of protection, cost, logistics, sustainability, and compliance. The Senior Packaging Engineer leads packaging workstreams for new product introductions and sustaining initiatives, manages moderate to high technical complexity, and collaborates cross-functionally to resolve challenges and enable successful product launches and ongoing performance.

What you will do as a Sr. Packaging Engineer

• Design and develop packaging systems for a range of products, ensuring protection across manufacturing, distribution, storage, and end use
• Lead packaging development for new products, product changes, and sustaining initiatives from concept through validation with minimal oversight
• Select and apply packaging materials, formats, and design approaches to meet functional, operational, cost, and sustainability requirements
• Define and execute packaging performance testing plans, interpreting results and driving design improvements aligned to product risk and distribution conditions
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including packaging specifications, drawings, and test protocols
• Drive packaging manufacturability and readiness by identifying and resolving design, process, or supplier-related issues
• Lead root cause investigations and resolve packaging-related issues impacting quality, cost, delivery, or customer experience
• Partner with suppliers to evaluate materials and capabilities and support qualification activities and ongoing technical performance
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g., Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, R&D) to ensure alignment and successful implementation
• Contribute to cost optimization, material efficiency, and waste reduction initiatives and provide guidance and informal mentorship while supporting development of best practices

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline
• 5+ years of packaging engineering or related engineering experience in regulated environments (e.g., manufacturing, industrial, healthcare)
• Working knowledge of sterile barrier systems and packaging validation principles
• Familiarity with industry standards related to medical device packaging and testing (e.g., International Organization for Standardization and American Society for Testing and Materials)
• Developing understanding of regulatory or compliance expectations where applicable
• Experience in regulated industries (medical devices, healthcare, industrial manufacturing) is preferred

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What STERIS Offers

STERIS is committed to supporting employee health, well-being, and financial security through a comprehensive total rewards approach.

• Competitive compensation aligned with role scope
• Paid time off and company-observed holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage options
• Disability coverage for income protection
• Retirement savings plan with company match
• Family leave support for qualifying life events
• Supplementary benefit programs for added protection
• Tuition assistance and continuing education support
• Career development and internal advancement pathways
• Well-being resources supporting work-life balance

Pay range for this opportunity is $92,650.00 - $119,900.00. This position is eligible for bonus participation.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio.

Open until position is filled.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.