Sustainable Packaging Engineer – Hybrid Role

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company seeks a Product Packaging Engineer to design, develop, qualify, and manage packaging for new and existing products. This role partners with Product Development, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Compliance, and external suppliers to deliver sustainable packaging that protects products while reducing costs.

The engineer leads packaging development from concept to production, emphasizing recyclable materials, minimized plastics, packaging optimization, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 4-6 years of experience in packaging engineering, product development, or related engineering roles.
• Experience designing and qualifying packaging solutions for technology, electronics, networking, telecommunications, or similar products.
• Strong understanding of packaging materials, transportation environments, and package performance testing.
• Experience working with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Advanced English Level.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment, design, development, qualification, and implementation of packaging solutions for products throughout the product lifecycle.
• Review mechanical product designs and develop packaging solutions that meet product protection, transportation, manufacturing, and customer requirements.
• Create packaging specifications, material strategies, common packaging components, and special packaging requirements.
• Assess shock, vibration, compression, and drop performance requirements and incorporate them into packaging designs.
• Coordinate packaging development efforts with internal engineering teams, manufacturing partners, and third-party packaging suppliers.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activities and ensure packaging readiness for product launches.
• Develop packaging qualification plans, test procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Design and execute packaging verification testing, including shock, vibration, drop, environmental, and transportation testing.
• Analyze test results and implement design improvements to ensure robust package performance.
• Qualify alternative materials and packaging solutions that improve performance, sustainability, and cost.
• Drive packaging sustainability initiatives focused on increasing the use of environmentally friendly and recyclable materials, eliminating unnecessary plastics, reducing packaging size and weight, lowering transportation-related CO2 emissions, and reducing overall packaging waste.
• Investigate and implement reusable and returnable packaging solutions where appropriate.
• Monitor emerging environmental regulations and packaging requirements to ensure uninterrupted global production and shipments.
• Develop and execute qualification plans for alternative sustainable materials.
• Develop packaging solutions that improve transportation efficiency and reduce total logistics costs.
• Optimize carton configurations, palletization schemes, and container utilization.
• Design bulk packaging solutions for manufacturing and distribution environments.
• Collaborate with logistics providers and supply chain partners to improve packaging performance and shipping efficiency.
• Work closely with manufacturing sites to ensure packaging designs support efficient assembly, pack-out, storage, and shipping processes.
• Review and respond to packaging-related production issues from factories and contract manufacturers.
• Lead packaging design reviews with suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Conduct periodic visits to supplier locations to assess capabilities, quality systems, and improvement opportunities.
• Provide performance feedback and scorecard input for packaging suppliers.
• Investigate packaging-related quality issues identified by customers, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyze customer feedback, manufacturing data, and field performance to identify opportunities for packaging improvements.
• Drive cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives without compromising product protection or quality.
• Develop and maintain packaging standards, specifications, and ISO-compliant process documentation.
• Create and maintain packaging design guidelines and qualification procedures.
• Communicate project status, technical findings, compliance concerns, and recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Packaging engineering concepts

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Root cause analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering or related

Tools

Engineering design software

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company seeks a Product Packaging Engineer to design, develop, qualify, and manage packaging for new and existing products. This role partners with Product Development, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Compliance, and external suppliers to deliver sustainable packaging that protects products while reducing costs.

The engineer leads packaging development from concept to production, emphasizing recyclable materials, minimized plastics, packaging optimization, and