Electrical Controls & Sustaining Senior Engineer Vertical Pouch Packaging; VPP

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 to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit

As an Electrical Controls & Sustaining Senior Engineer, you will serve as the electrical controls engineering owner for assigned Vertical Pouch Packaging (VPP) equipment throughout its lifecycle, from commercialization through sustaining support and end-of-service-life.

You will design, develop, troubleshoot, and improve electrical control systems for VPP equipment, with a strong focus on industrial controls, machine troubleshooting, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement. You will work hands-on with PLCs, HMIs, servo systems, VFDs, motion control, sensors, and other machine control technologies.

You will partner with Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Technical Service, Product Management, Sales, and suppliers to resolve complex equipment issues, support commercialization of new equipment, and improve the reliability, serviceability, safety, and long-term performance of VPP platforms.

• Own the electrical controls engineering lifecycle for assigned VPP equipment platforms and provide technical direction from commercialization through sustaining support.
• Design, modify, debug, and maintain PLC, HMI, servo, VFD, and motion control systems for new and existing VPP equipment.
• Investigate complex electrical and controls-related equipment issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement practical corrective actions that minimize customer downtime.
• Support machine testing, commissioning, field validation, customer equipment evaluations, and engineering investigations.
• Develop and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, BOMs, engineering documentation, and equipment configuration records.
• Lead Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), component replacements, obsolescence activities, and other lifecycle engineering changes.
• Use controller logic, fault history, equipment performance data, service records, drawings, remote connectivity, and field information to diagnose complex machine issues.
• Provide advanced technical support to Technical Service Representatives and field personnel and communicate field lessons learned to engineering teams.
• Drive reliability improvement, component standardization, design simplification, commonization, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and suppliers to improve equipment manufacturability, serviceability, safety, and long-term supportability.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent technical background and experience.
• Approximately 5–7 years of professional experience designing, troubleshooting, and supporting industrial automation, electrical controls, or automated machinery.
• Strong hands‑on experience with industrial controls,…