Principal Applications Engineer

Principal Applications Engineer

SEE Headquarters - Charlotte

Requisition

Sealed Air is seeking a driven individual to focus on the development, testing and commercial success of new and current packaging solutions within the food packaging industry. The ability to understand packaging materials, packaging equipment, industry standard test methods, and our customers' operations is a must. This person should be familiar with food/meat science and how different packaging and environmental factors can impact food products.

Experience with vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) equipment is preferred.

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance - a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact.

That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value for our stakeholders. In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world.

• Evaluate new material and system designs through rigorous testing that simulate real world conditions and stresses.
• Work well within a cross-functional team.
• Assess the impact of packaging on shelf life of various food products, including protein applications, and use those insights to qualify new solutions and communicate performance risks.
• Support the development of VFFS materials and equipment solutions.
• Deliver technical training to field support and customers on VFFS equipment operation and maintenance.
• Leverage knowledge of food processing techniques to influence new package development (including retort, pasteurization, HPP, etc).
• Creative problem solving to support our customers and internal innovation process.
• Insight creation that drives the next innovations for Sealed Air.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences.
• Conduct root-cause analysis that enables recommendations for data driven business decisions.
• Build strong customer relationships and collaborate effectively across technical and commercial teams to accelerate implementation of SEE solutions.
• Partner with supply chain and manufacturing teams to assess the impact of raw material or process changes on packaging performance and product quality.
• Partner with a variety of cross-functional teams within the organization to develop and transfer technologies regionally and globally.
• Work effectively within a matrix managed organization.

• Masters or Doctorate of Science Degree in food science, meat science, mechanical engineering or similar discipline.
• Experience in flexible plastics, food packaging, food manufacturing, and/or VFFS equipment.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to approximately 30 %.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experienced with Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Minitab, Coupa, and SAP.
• Experience creating data-driven reports to communicate technical ideas.
• Professional, highly-motivated, reliable, and solutions-oriented.

• 5-10 years relevant industry experience (flexible plastics, food packaging, food manufacturing, VFFS equipment experience).
• Experience creating data-driven reports to communicate technical ideas.
• Experience with test method development and design of experiments.

Salary Range: $102,600 – $176,755. The range disclosed complies with applicable state and local pay transparency laws. Offers within this range will be determined by considering relevant factors including education, experience, and internal alignment. This position may also be eligible for annual performance bonuses and other incentive programs. Sealed Air offers a competitive…