Sr. Industrial Designer (Packaging

Sr. Industrial Designer (Packaging)

Sandisk is looking for a Senior Packaging Industrial Designer to join global industrial design team to design 3D structural packaging solutions for world-class consumer storage products. This role is ideal for an industrial designer with demonstrated experience in high-volume consumer packaging.

You will champion out-of-box experience, brand identity, sustainability, and manufacturability to strengthen Sandisk's leadership in consumer technology design and user experience.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop structural packaging designs for a range of product categories, including portable & desktop SSDs, USB drives, memory cards, readers, and accessories.
• Explore innovative packaging solutions that enhance out-of-box experience and product presentation on the shelf.
• Support development of packaging design systems that can be applied towards different product categories.
• Partner with packaging artwork designers to ensure brand identity, product messaging, and product imagery can be executed well.
• Engage with insights and product marketing team to evaluate packaging solutions for specific user segments and use cases.
• Collaborate with packaging engineers and suppliers to translate concepts into manufacturable and durable product packaging.
• Review supplier samples as needed with packaging design system to ensure design integrity is maintained.
• Engage with suppliers and other resources to identify new materials and processes to improve sustainability and elevate overall user experience.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in industrial design or equivalent.
• Must have 5-7+ years of structural packaging design experience for high-volume consumer products.
• Demonstrated success in designing packaging with best-in-class out-of-box experience across different product tiers and categories.
• Strong understanding of packaging materials, processes, and finishes, including manufacturability, cost, sustainability, and trends.
• Ability to incorporate packaging artwork elements, such as branding, messaging, and imagery into structural packaging designs.
• Ability to solve problems with other functional groups.
• Excellent visual and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced proficiency in 3D CAD modeling (Solid Works), rendering (Keyshot) and 2D design tools (Adobe Creative Cloud).