Packaging Engineer II

Medtronic; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in Hyderabad, India is seeking a Packaging Engineer to drive the design, validation, and optimization of reusable and single-use packaging. You will partner with Marketing, Regulatory, and cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance and quality, while supporting DHF submissions and EU‑MDR remediation initiatives.

The role requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Packaging Engineering or related field and 4–8 years of experience in packaging design, validation, and project

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Packaging Engineering or Biomedical/Mechanical field.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define reusable packaging specs.
• Design and validate reusable and single-use packaging to meet regulatory standards.
• Execute packaging testing and validation activities.
• Develop test protocols and reports for sterilization penetration and qualification.
• Lead cost-saving projects in packaging materials and processes.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Quality systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Packaging Eng or Biomedical/Mechanical

Tools

CREO

SOLIDWORKS

SAP

Microsoft Project

Minitab

Job description

Flexible Work Arrangement

Nanakramguda, Hyderabad, India

Full time

R76912

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

As a Packaging Engineer at MEIC, you will partner with Marketing, Regulatory and cross-functional teams to deliver reusable and single-use packaging solutions including Mesh baskets, Metal trays, Tyvek pouches, lidding, Thermoformed Trays, recyclable paperboard outer boxes and inner inserts etc. Your responsibilities include developing/redesign primary, secondary, and tertiary layers based on usability requirements, managing supplier collaboration, coordinating cleaning and validation activities, supporting DHF submissions, EU‑MDR remediation initiatives to ensure timely deliveries, compliance with regulatory, quality and GMP standard.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• You will be primary point of contact to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Product Development, Quality and Regulatory and supplier to define, develop, and finalize reusable packaging specifications in compliance with regulatory and quality requirements.

• Design, develop, verify and validate reusable and single-use packaging solutions in line with regulatory and compliance standards.

• Execute distribution simulation testing and perform fit checks to ensure packaging performance, proper configuration, and compliance with quality standards.

• Develop packaging test protocols and prepare test reports; perform perforation assessments to verify sterilant penetration and document no-test rationale where applicable.

• Execute cost-saving projects related to packaging design, materials and manufacturing methods. Drive project management activities, leading technical and operational reviews to ensure alignment with timelines and milestones.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Packaging Engineering or Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical (or a related field) with 4-8 years of relevant experience in design and develop reusable packaging.

• Experience on managing at least two end-to-end packaging projects from concept through validation and implementation.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Project or equivalent project management tools.

• Minitab experience with regression analysis, two-sample t-tests, and equivalence testing.

• Experience working with Agile PLM systems for managing product lifecycle data, documentation, ECOs, and change processes.

• Strong working knowledge of ASTM standards in alignment with ISO 11607-1 and ISO 11607-2 for packaging validation and compliance.

• Hands‑on experience in sterile reusable packaging systems and associated regulatory requirements including ISO 15883 (cleaning validation) and ISO 17665 (steam sterilization).

• Experience with labeling requirements per ISO 15223, good to have.

• Hands‑on experience with EU‑MDR compliance, including Technical File remediation and gap assessments.

• Proficiency in CREO or SOLIDWORKS for design and development support.

• Familiarity with SAP process flows, including procurement, costing and material management workflows.

• Familiarity with e-IFU processes and regulatory expectations for electronic labelling.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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