Senior R&D Packaging Engineer - Rigid Thermoforms

The Kraft Heinz Company; Glenview (IL); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Healthcare benefits

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

The Kraft Heinz Company in Glenview, IL is seeking a RigidThermoform Packaging Engineer to advance rigid packaging materials and formats for the North American portfolio. You will help develop and validate cost-effective, sustainable packaging solutions while enabling innovation and compliance under technical leadership.

You will collaborate with Innovation, Process and Platform packaging teams across the value chain, applying DoE and data analysis to deliver manufacturable designs and support

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Engineering, Materials, Chemical or Packaging Engineering preferred.
• 6+ years of R&D packaging technology development and project leadership experience.
• Experience with rigid plastic thermoform packaging and manufacturing constraints.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of rigid packaging initiatives across research, development and validation workstreams.
• Contribute to technical assessments and business case inputs for packaging technologies.
• Coordinate with suppliers, universities and industry partners for trials and data collection.
• Apply DoE, statistics and structured problem solving to research activities.
• Support prototyping, pilot line setups and scale-up to production when needed.
• Document learnings and create technical summaries for knowledge sharing.

Skills

Thermoforming

R&D packaging

Project leadership

Data analysis

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Engineering/Materials/Packaging

Job description

The Kraft Heinz Company in Glenview, IL is seeking a RigidThermoform Packaging Engineer to advance rigid packaging materials and formats for the North American portfolio. You will help develop and validate cost-effective, sustainable packaging solutions while enabling innovation and compliance under technical leadership.

You will collaborate with Innovation, Process and Platform packaging teams across the value chain, applying DoE and data analysis to deliver manufacturable designs and support