Senior Packaging Engineer

Socket.dev; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision benefits

Dental benefits

401k plan

Paid time off

Commuter benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Job summary

Amperesand seeks a Senior Packaging Engineer to own inbound component packaging, designing packaging for domestic and international shipment and interfacing with part picking on production lines. You will work with design, manufacturing, suppliers, quality, and program management, delivering robust packaging designs.

You will oversee 3D/2D engineering specs and testing, ensuring ISTA/ASTM standards are met and partnering with cross-functional teams from concept through production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of packaging design experience from concept to production.
• Expertise in CAD modeling using CATIA 3DX/V5 or SolidWorks.
• CAE simulation tools such as Ansys.
• Familiarity with packaging component manufacturing processes
• Proficiency in GD&T, tolerance analysis, and DFM/DFA principles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical packaging designs optimized for protection, weight, and material handling in manufacturing lines.
• Perform 3D modeling, FEA, and durability analysis of packaging concepts.
• Design, source, build, and test prototype packaging.
• Conduct design reviews and ensure ISTA/ASTM compliance.
• Deliver 3D/2D specifications for supplier bidding and compliance docs.
• Participate in supplier evaluation for packaging and components.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and NPI teams from concept to production.

Skills

CAD modeling

FEA analysis

GD&T

DFM/DFA

Packaging design

Agile / Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CATIA 3DX/V5

SolidWorks

Ansys

Job description

Company Overview

Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems.

We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption. Electricity demand is skyrocketing, driven by AI factories, electric vehicles, and modern industrial growth. Energy supply is shifting to incorporate a more diverse mix of resources – including solar, gas, and batteries – at a massive scale.

And yet the power infrastructure behind our latest mega-projects hasn’t meaningfully changed in nearly 100 years. Supply chains for today’s infrastructure equipment can’t match the pace and sophistication of critical energy projects. Amperesand is building hardware and software that rewrites this broken power infrastructure playbook to support a new era of energy abundance.

We’ve built a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging a decade of advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research that’s now ready for commercial deployment.

Our products and solutions go far beyond the capabilities of traditional electrical equipment. We make power systems that are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs for tomorrow’s most demanding energy consumers.

Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world.

Amperesand is led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans and funded by top tier investors who share our vision of building a category-defining energy technology company.

With hubs in San Francisco, Reno, and Singapore, our global team is laser focused on building foundational technology to solve the most pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale.

Join us in building the power foundation of the future!

Senior Packaging Engineer

Role Summary

Amperesand is seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Packaging Engineer to join our team and own packaging for incoming components. The primary function of this position is to design in-bound part packaging optimized to protect components for domestic and international shipment, and to interface with part picking on our production lines. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, suppliers, quality, and program management. You will be directly responsible for Amperesand’s most unique and critical packaging designs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical designs of packaging that are optimized to protect components, for weight, durability, and interfacing with material handling in the manufacturing line.
• Perform 3D modeling, FEA, and durability analysis of concept packaging designs.
• Design, source, build, and execute testing on prototype packaging.
• Conduct design reviews and ensure compliance to standards (ISTA, ASTM, etc.)
• Deliver finished 3D/2D and engineering specifications to be used for supplier bidding and compliance documentation.
• Participate in packaging and component supplier evaluation.
• Partner with engineering teams in design, manufacturing, material handling, NPI, to develop designs and review requirements, from concept through production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience and demonstrated accomplishments.
• 3+ years of experience designing packaging for components from concept to production.
• Expertise in CAD modeling using 3D EXPERIENCE (CATIA 3DX/V5 or Solidworks preferred)
• Capability with CAE simulation tools such as Ansys • Familiarity with packaging component manufacturing processes
• Proficiency in GD&T, tolerance analysis, and DFM/DFA principles.

Bonus Qualifications

• Familiarity with electronics packaging and PCBAs
• Experience defining packaging quality documents and supplier standards.
• Experience working in Agile development environments, including task management and sprint planning using Scrum methodologies and tools like Jira.

Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options.

SF Pay Range $130,000 - $200,000 USD Reno Pay Range $130,000 - $200,000 USD

Pay Disclosure & Benefits Compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States.

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
• Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
• Commuter Benefits
• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)

Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Amperesand is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Amperesand is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.