Applications Engineer

Sealed Air Corporation; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Sealed Air Corporation in Charlotte, NC is seeking an Application Engineer to drive development, testing and commercial success of new and current packaging solutions within the food packaging industry. The role requires understanding packaging materials and customer operations, including food/meat science considerations.

You will develop test plans, analyze data, communicate results, and provide in-plant support and training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in food science, meat science, packaging science or similar discipline (or equivalent work experience).
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience creating data-driven reports to communicate technical ideas.
• Experience with test method development and design of experiments.
• Professional, highly-motivated, reliable, and solutions-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate new material and system designs through rigorous testing that simulate real world conditions and stresses.
• Work well within a cross-functional team.
• Assess packaging impact on shelf life for various products and communicate performance risks.
• Develop shrink bag materials solutions and deliver technical training to field support and customers.
• Perform root-cause analysis to drive data-based business decisions.

Skills

Communication

Data analysis

Report writing

Travel up to 30%

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in food science / meat science / packaging science

Tools

Minitab

Job description

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.

Job Description

Sealed Air is seeking a driven individual for an Application Engineer role to focus on the development, testing and commercial success of new and current packaging solutions within the food packaging industry. The ability to understand packaging materials, packaging equipment, industry standard test methods, and our customers’ operations is a must. This person should be familiar with food/meat science and how different packaging and environmental factors can impact food products.

Responsibilities include test plan development, application and performance testing, data analysis, and communication of results and recommendations. This role is responsible for new package development, business continuity support, and in-plant customer support and training. This role is Hybrid coming into the office Monday through Thursday with flexibility to be remote Friday.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate new material and system designs through rigorous testing that simulate real world conditions and stresses.
• Work well within a cross-functional team
• Assess the impact of packaging on shelf life of various food products, including proteins applications, and use those insights to qualify new solutions and communicate performance risks.
• Support the development of shrink bags materials solutions.
• Deliver technical training to field support and customers on shrink bags technology
• Creative problem solving to support our customers and internal innovation process.
• Insight creation that drives the next innovations for Sealed Air.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences.
• Conduct root-cause analysis that enables recommendations for data driven business decisions.
• Build strong customer relationships and collaborate effectively across technical and commercial teams to accelerate implementation of SEE solutions.
• Partner with supply chain and manufacturing teams to assess the impact of raw material or process changes on packaging performance and product quality.
• Partner with a variety of cross-functional teams within the organization to develop and transfer technologies regionally and globally.
• Work effectively within a matrix managed organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in food science, meat science, packaging science or similar discipline (or equivalent work experience)
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% (most of the travel will be domestic however the international travel would be mostly to Canada and potentially Italy)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience creating data-driven reports to communicate technical ideas
• Experience with test method development and design of experiments
• Professional, highly-motivated, reliable, and solutions-orientated

Preferred

• 4+ years relevant industry experience (flexible plastics, food packaging, food manufacturing, flexible plastics manufacturing, packaged product testing)
• Minitab or other data analysis software experience

Pay Transparency

Base Compensation Range: $81,900 - $141,355

The range disclosed complies with applicable state and local pay transparency laws. Offers within this range will be determined by considering relevant factors including education, experience, and internal alignment. This position may also be eligible for annual performance bonuses and other incentive programs. Sealed Air offers a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and other benefits designed to promote well-being.

Requisition id: 56446

Relocation: Yes

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

• Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at [e-mail].