Senior Packaging Engineer, R&D

Stryker Group; Cork; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker’s Joint Replacement Division is seeking a Senior Packaging Engineer to support new product development and sustainment projects for our JR division.

The role requires collaboration with global packaging vendors and internal SMEs to deliver robust, compliant packaging for orthopaedic implants. You will guide design controls throughout NPDP, manage documentation, and support regulatory submissions in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field required.
• 2+ years of work experience in packaging or medical devices.
• Packaging design development experience.
• Familiarity with design controls and industry standards (ISO 11607, ASTM, ISTA).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with global packaging vendors to develop implant and instrument packages.
• Ensure designs are compatible with packaging equipment across global sites.
• Manage design controls per NPDP process; create DHF, change notices and drawings.
• Conduct feasibility testing, analyze results, iterate as needed, perform verification and validation testing.
• Author test protocols/reports and support regulatory submissions as required.
• Support projects from inception to launch in a fast-paced, matrix environment.

Skills

Packaging design

Design controls

Vendor collaboration

Medical device know-how

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Packaging, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Position Summary (23 month FTC)

Stryker’s Joint Replacement Division is seeking to hire a Senior Packaging Engineer to support new product development and sustainment projects for our JR division.

The sterile packaging product development team at the Joint Replacement Division is a highly visible function which is critical to the overall success of the implant product launch. Requirements for sterile packaging are evolving and becoming more stringent and as a result, the role of a packaging engineer provides exciting challenges for problem solvers and those who thrive in a fast paced, matrix environment. As such, the packaging engineer collaborates closely with their technical SME, implant product development, operations, vendors, commercial, and program management to deliver on-time, robust, safe and effective packaging solutions. The sterile package needs to meet the requirements of industry and regulatory standards and just as important, you, as the designer, needs to anticipate and meet the needs of the end users in the surgical theatre.

What you will do:

• Work closely with global packaging vendors to develop packages for orthopaedic implants and instruments.
• Ensure designs can be utilized by the packaging equipment across Stryker's global packaging sites.
• Manage design control creation through the new product development process (NPDP), utilize internal procedures for package development, conduct feasibility testing, assess results, iterate as necessary and conduct design verification and validation testing.
• Author test protocols and reports, build the design history file, and operate within Stryker’s quality system to produce supporting design control documents, engineering change notices and drawings.
• Support the regulatory submission with deliverables as needed.
• Support projects from inception to launch!

What You Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Packaging, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.
• 2+ years of work experience
• Medical device industry experience
• Packaging design development experience
• Functional knowledge of design controls and industry standards in packaging design (ISO 11607, ASTM, ISTA)

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