Senior Packaging Engineer

Socket.dev; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 211,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Wing is seeking a Senior Packaging Design Engineer in Palo Alto, CA to lead packaging design and manufacturability for logistics and hardware projects. You will work with aircraft design owners to balance protection, cost, and sustainability while guiding DFx from concept to production.

Key qualifications include 5+ years in packaging or mechanical design, expert CAD skills (ArtiosCAD, Esko, SolidWorks, CATIA), and travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years direct experience in packaging design, mechanical or industrial design.

Responsibilities

• Provide packaging design expertise across logistics, touchpoints, and hardware projects, collaborating with aircraft design owners.
• Suggest materials and processes balancing structural integrity, cost, and user experience.
• Define test requirements for packaging tests and guide manufacturers on evaluation methods.
• Support trials with cross-functional teams, establishing standard testing methodologies and resolving field issues.
• Create and maintain engineering docs including specs, CAD drawings, BOMs, and compliance paperwork.

Skills

Packaging design

Structural mechanics

DFM

2D/3D CAD

Testing protocols

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel up to 25%

Tools

ArtiosCAD

Esko

SolidWorks

CATIA

CAP E

TOPS

Job description

About Wing:

Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing's fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on two continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.

About the Role

Wing is looking for a Senior Packaging Design Engineer to join our team in Palo Alto, CA. Operating as a technical authority and key partner across hardware and operations, you will help define, design, and commercialize structural packaging solutions across logistics, customer-facing interactions, and specialized hardware projects. In this role, you will provide deep subject-matter expertise and Design for Manufacturability guidance to cross-functional partners—including providing specialized packaging design advice to aircraft design owners—while balancing structural protection, user experience, unit cost, and sustainability.

What You’ll Do

• Provide packaging design expertise and technical guidance across logistics, customer touchpoints, and specialized hardware projects, collaborating closely with aircraft design owners to align packaging solutions with vehicle-level constraints.


• Select optimal materials and processes to balance structural integrity, cost, and user experience.


• Define test requirements for packaging tests and guide Contract Manufacturers in establishing evaluation methods for package designs, ensuring reliability and performance.


• Support equipment, line, and transit trials alongside cross-functional and manufacturing partners, establishing standard testing methodologies and analyzing empirical data to resolve root causes of field failures.


• Author and maintain comprehensive engineering documentation, including packaging specifications, CAD drawings, process instructions, and BOMs, while ensuring quality standards, artwork compliance, and regulatory documentation across product lines.


• Partner with Procurement and Operations to evaluate cost estimates, drive value analysis, and optimize packaging mass, landed costs, fulfillment speed, stack density, and material standardization.

What You’ll Need

• Minimum of 5+ years of direct experience as a Packaging Design Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer, or Industrial Designer, with a track record of developing, validating, and commercializing complex packaging solutions.


• Advanced knowledge of packaging design principles, structural mechanics, converting/molding technologies, and hybrid packaging structures.


• Expert-level command of 2D/3D CAD platforms (e.g., ArtiosCAD, Esko, SolidWorks, CATIA) and palletization/pack-density software (e.g., CAPE, TOPS).


• Familiarity with industry-standard package testing protocols, including transit simulation and structural integrity testing, to ensure reliability across product life cycles.


• Outstanding communication skills, with a proven ability to translate user experience and operational requirements into technical specifications and explain DFM constraints clearly to diverse stakeholders.


• Proven ability to work collaboratively in shared-ownership environments, navigate high-ambiguity trade-offs, and drive multiple complex projects to completion.


• Proven ability to convert product and business needs into detailed technical specifications for internal and external development initiatives.


• Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally as required.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below + bonus + equity + benefits. Wing's salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Salary Range

• $211,000 - $224,000 USD

Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wing's policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.

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