Packaging Engineer

## Packaging Engineer Apply remote type:
Onsite locations:
North Haven, Connecticut, United States of America time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
June 25, 2026 (14 days left to apply) job requisition :
R67104

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 Jun 2026

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.#
** A Day in the Life
** At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. The person in this role will be based at the Medtronic facility located in North Haven, Connecticut.
The Packaging Engineer’s purpose is to create and innovate packaging of new products/processes and support their implementation in multiple manufacturing facilities. Additionally, the Packaging Engineer will provide support in the areas of cost reductions, identification and procurement of new packaging machinery, and packaging documentation.
In this role, you will be supporting sterile and non-sterile medical device packaging design and ensuring alignment with applicable packaging requirements and guidance. This role will lead cross-functional review meetings with multiple facilities to address packaging-related issues, provide packaging engineering support to departments such as R&D, and create, revise, and maintain packaging specifications and related documentation.
At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

** CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES
*** Identify and support cost reduction opportunities in regards to Packaging.
* Provide technical support and training to manufacturing in regards to packaging systems and machinery.
* Prepare packaging validation protocols and reports to support packaging changes.
* Perform packaging validation testing to support changes.
* Support material qualifications for packaging changes such as resin material changes.
* Create and update packaging specifications for manufacturing.
* Assist in artwork creation and revisions for product packaging.
* Operate various testing apparatus in qualifying packaging changes.
* Create sterilization pallet patterns as well as non-sterile pallet patterns for manufacturing locations.
* Contributes to Project Engineering and R&D schedules and plans.
* Prepares monthly progress reports on projects.
* Provides work direction to lab technicians as required.
* Conduct review meetings with multiple facilities regarding packaging issues.
* Provide support to various departments such as R&D regarding packaging issues.
* Create and update packaging specifications for documentation.
** MUST HAVE** (minimum requirements)
* 2+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 0+ years of experience with an advanced
** NICE TO HAVE** (preferred requirements)
* Packaging Engineering knowledge
* Ability to prepare written policies, procedures, proposal, and reports.
* Effective communication skills with both superiors and subordinates.
* Ability to plan and document projects effectively. Ability to manage multiple ongoing projects by way of good organizational skills.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
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** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the…