Hybrid Packaging Engineer II

at BD

• Job title: Packaging Engineer II
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: $84,300 - $138,900 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Franklin Lakes, United States

About the role

• R&D Packaging Engineer II designing and qualifying packaging solutions for medical devices. Lead projects from concept through launch ensuring regulatory compliance and product excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and qualification of packaging systems for sterile and sterile fluid path medical devices, ensuring compliance with ISO 11607-1 & 2 and applicable regulatory standards.
• Owner of packaging specifications, responsible for the definition of all packaging system specifications.
• Collaborates in the design control process for medium and high complexity projects.
• Communicates data analysis including impact and recommended next steps to project/program leadership.
• Collaborates on complex projects impacting design inputs/outputs and verification through testing and analysis from start to finish.
• Ensures cross-functional strategies are clearly communicated and risks are appropriately managed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 1–4 years of experience in packaging engineering within the medical device or healthcare industry.
• Proven track record in designing and developing packaging systems for sterile and non-sterile medical devices, including compliance with ISO 11607-1 & 2 and other relevant standards.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with cross-functional projects involving new product development, sustaining engineering, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Knowledge in Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), basic statistical analysis, and Design of Experiments (DOE) principles.
• Proven ability to define and document packaging requirements for content sterile and sterile fluid path packaging systems for medical devices.
• Knowledge designing different packaging system types for medical devices.
• Skilled in verification and validation of packaging systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Experienced in root cause analysis and failure investigations across diverse packaging designs; adept at leading defect management and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs).
• Experienced developing PFMEA and DFMEA.
• Knowledgeable of ISO 11607-1&2, ISO 13485, ISO 16975, and packaging-related ASTM or ISTA standards.
• Experience conducting gap assessments, ensuring alignment with FDA, EU MDR or others global packaging compliance requirements.
• Proficiency in SolidWorks
• Experience developing packaging technical rationales and design verification by analysis
• Understanding and application of core engineering principles, including first-principles analysis and calculations, to address packaging design challenges and development activities.

Benefits

• Annual Bonus Potential
• Discretionary LTI Bonus​
• Health and Well-being Benefits
• Medical coverage
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Hospital Care Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accidental Injury Insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability insurance
• Long-term care with life insurance
• Other Well-being Resources
• Anxiety management program
• Wellness incentives
• Sleep improvement program
• Diabetes management program
• Virtual physical therapy
• Emotional/mental health support programs
• Weight management programs
• Gastrointestinal health program
• Substance use management program
• Musculoskeletal surgery, cancer treatment, and bariatric surgery benefit
• Retirement and Financial Well-being
• BD 401(k) Plan
• BD Deferred Compensation and Restoration Plan
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Financial counseling
• Baxter Credit Union (BCU)
• Daily Pay
• College financial aid and application guidance
• Life Balance Programs
• Paid time off (PTO), including all required State leaves
• Educational assistance/tuition reimbursement
• MetLife Legal Plan
• Group auto and home insurance
• Pet insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Discounts on products and services
• Academic Achievement Scholarship
• Service Recognition Awards
• Employer matching donation
• Workplace accommodations
• Other Life Balance Programs
• Adoption assistance
• Backup day care and eldercare
• Support for neurodivergent adults, children, and caregivers
• Caregiving assistance for elderly and special needs individuals
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for fertility, birthing, postpartum, and age-related hormonal changes
• Leave Programs
• Bereavement leaves
• Military leave
• Personal leave
• Family and Medical Leave (FML)
• Jury and Witness Duty Leave