Senior Packaging Engineer - Medical Devices, Lead & Design

Real Staffing Group; California; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings plans

Life and disability insurance

Paid leave

Job summary

Specialist Staffing Group is seeking a Staff Packaging Engineer to lead packaging design, development, verification, validation, and lifecycle management for complex electromechanical medical devices. The role is onsite in San Diego, CA and supports dispensing hardware, modules, peripherals, and field retrofit kits.

Responsibilities include designing packaging solutions, creating prototypes and BOMs, evaluating materials, and ensuring designs support safe global distribution.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in a packaging/engineering discipline and 5–7 years of related experience.
• Experience with packaging design, development, verification, validation, and lifecycle management for complex electromechanical medical devices is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead packaging design for primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging solutions.
• Develop prototypes, drawings, and bills of materials; select materials for safe handling and global distribution.
• Execute risk-based verification/validation strategies and plan package testing (vibration, drop, environmental conditioning).
• Ensure compliance with quality systems, design controls, risk management and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Packaging engineering

Packaging design

Packaging development

Verification

Validation

CAD tools

ASTM tests

ISTA tests

Education

Bachelor's in Packaging Engineering

Job description

Specialist Staffing Group is seeking a Staff Packaging Engineer to lead packaging design, development, verification, validation, and lifecycle management for complex electromechanical medical devices. The role is onsite in San Diego, CA and supports dispensing hardware, modules, peripherals, and field retrofit kits.

Responsibilities include designing packaging solutions, creating prototypes and BOMs, evaluating materials, and ensuring designs support safe global distribution.