Senior Packaging Design & Innovation Engineer

Kraft Heinz; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401k plan

Wellbeing programs

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Kraft Heinz in Glenview, IL, seeks a Packaging Engineer to lead design and innovation packaging initiatives across the North America portfolio. You will translate consumer insights into viable packaging solutions, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive scalable prototypes to market readiness.

The role blends technical packaging commercialization with design and innovation expertise, with travel up to 25% and a focus on sustainability and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD degree in Design, Engineering, Packaging Engineering preferred or related discipline.
• Minimum4+ years of relevant experience(with BS)or 3+ years of experience(with MS) or 2+ years of experience (with PhD)
• Experience inR&D packaging development and commercialization experience, with innovation and packaging design experience and project leadership experience (consumer goods, food & beverage, pharma or similar preferred).
• Working design knowledge of materials (flexibles, rigids, fiber,etc), formats, converting processes (e.g.,cartoning, filling, web handling, labeling, molding), printing, bottle closure and dispensing systems and manufacturing constraints.
• Working knowledge ofproject execution practices(e.g., timelines, risk identification, stakeholder updates) and ability to manage assigned deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to support end-to-end developmentand launchactivities, including planning/performing experiments, documenting results, and coordinating with cross-functional partners.
• Knowledge of packaging design and innovation, DVF (Desirability, Viability, Feasibility) a plus

Responsibilities

• Support execution of Design & Innovation initiatives, addressing technical and design hurdles, driving speed to market and enabling competitive advantage.
• Manage initiatives with different scopes and/or cross enterprise platforms concurrently
• Partner with legal to build robust IP strategies to drive competitive advantage
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules and budgets and build business cases for project execution.
• Work directly, interface and influence cross-functional team (Marketing, Procurement, Operations and Supply Chain) and vendors.
• Support prototyping development for consumer testing and assist with pilot line setup and scale-up to industrial production as required to enable commercialization.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and capability building by documenting learnings, creating technical summaries, and supporting training content.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into testable material/package options and to support handover to business units.

Skills

Packaging design

Project leadership

Communication

Cross-functional

DVF (Desirability Viability Feas Feas)

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Design/Engineering/Packaging Engineering

Job description

Kraft Heinz in Glenview, IL, seeks a Packaging Engineer to lead design and innovation packaging initiatives across the North America portfolio. You will translate consumer insights into viable packaging solutions, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive scalable prototypes to market readiness.

The role blends technical packaging commercialization with design and innovation expertise, with travel up to 25% and a focus on sustainability and regulatory alignment.