R&D Design Staff Engineer / Manager

Amcor Limited; Puducherry; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amcor Limited is seeking an experienced R&D Engineering Manager to lead end-to-end design solutions for medical device products, ensuring traceability and regulatory compliance. You will apply DFSS/DFX principles, optimize material selection, and drive design verification through prototyping, testing, and metrology.

With 10+ years in product development and strong CAD/CAE skills, you will mentor teams, manage cross-functional projects, and collaborate across Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• 10+ years in product development, preferably in medical devices.
• Technical lead on cross-functional engineering projects.
• DFSS, design controls, verification/validation, and risk management.
• Experience managing people and mentoring.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills.
• First principles engineering and CAD/CAE proficiency.
• Ability to analyze and present large data clearly.
• Regulated environment documentation and traceability.
• Experience with manufacturability and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design solutions meeting customer requirements with full traceability across systems.
• Translate requirements into detailed engineering specs and validate through design controls.
• Drive optimized designs considering materials, features, process and human factors.
• Apply DFSS during design selection and development to improve robustness.
• Use statistical tools to support decisions, trade-offs, and risk assessments.
• Ensure DFX principles cover manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, safety, and cost.
• Identify and resolve complex technical problems with structured methods.
• Comply with regulatory and quality standards for medical devices.
• Plan and execute verification activities including prototyping, testing, and metrology.
• Collaborate with Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Supply Chain for development and transfer.

Skills

DFSS

Design controls

Verification/Validation

Risk management

People management

CAD/CAE

Data analysis

SolidWorks

Mold design

Medical devices

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in mechanical engineering

Tools

SolidWorks CAD

Mold design tools

Job description

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

The R&D Engineering Manager is responsible for leading end‑to‑end design solutions for medical device products, ensuring customer requirements are accurately translated into compliant, robust, and manufacturable designs. This role applies Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and Design for Excellence (DFX) principles to optimize product performance, material selection, process design, and human factor considerations while maintaining full design traceability. The Staff Engineer drives technical problem solving, adheres to medical device design control and regulatory requirements, and leads design verification activities through prototyping, testing, metrology, and fixture development, working closely with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality, reliable, and safe products.

Job Overview

• Lead and develop robust design solutions that meet customer requirements, ensuring full traceability across product systems, subsystems, interfaces, and components throughout the development lifecycle.
• Translate customer and regulatory requirements into detailed engineering specifications, validating alignment through rigorous design controls.
• Drive optimized product designs by considering material selection, product features, process design, manufacturability, and human factor requirements.
• Apply Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology during design selection, optimization, and development to improve design robustness, reduce variability, and minimize design iterations and cycle time.
• Utilize empirical, statistical, and analytical tools to support sound engineering decisions, design trade‑offs, and risk‑based evaluations.
• Ensure design solutions incorporate all applicable Design for Excellence (DFX) principles, including manufacturability, serviceability, reliability, safety, and cost effectiveness.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical problems using structured problem‑solving methodologies and sound engineering judgment.
• Adhere to medical device design control requirements, ensuring compliance with local, national, international, and internal regulatory, safety, and quality standards.
• Plan and execute design verification activities, including prototyping, jig and fixture development, testing, and metrology, to confirm design intent and performance.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams (Quality, Manufacturing, Industrialization, Regulatory, and Supply Chain) to support successful product development and transfer.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead on cross-functional engineering projects.
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
• Strong understanding of design controls, verification/validation, and risk management.
• Experience with people management, mentoring, and team development.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills.
• Demonstrated first principles engineering and design skills (CAD/CAE).
• Ability to analyse, organize and present large amounts of data in a clear and concise manner.
• Disciplined, detailed and well organized with managing documentation in a regulated environment.
• Ability to execute concurrently multiple projects and manage priorities.
• Ability to work independently as well as delegate appropriately.
• Proficiency in Solid works CAD software (3D modelling, 2D drafting, surfacing)
• Experience in Plastic design, part detailing and Knowledge in Mold design.
• Experience working on both high-volume consumables and capital equipment product lines.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in product development, preferably in medical devices.
• Knowledge of design for manufacturability, cost optimization, and reliability engineering.
• Exposure to regulatory requirements (FDA, ISO 13485) and quality systems.

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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