Staff Packaging Engineer

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

This role is responsible for leading packaging design and development activities across new product development and lifecycle management initiatives. The position supports cross-functional teams in delivering compliant, effective packaging solutions aligned with regulatory and design control requirements. It provides broad technical oversight across packaging engineering, testing, and manufacturing transfer activities.

What You Will Do

• Lead packaging development projects, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders from concept through commercialization
• Develop packaging design inputs, specifications, and system-level architectures based on user and product requirements
• Execute project plans within defined timelines and design control processes to ensure compliance
• Evaluate and implement packaging technologies including testing, sterilization, prototyping, and simulation methods
• Manage design change processes by coordinating engineering activities, completing technical assessments, and updating documentation
• Define and execute verification and validation strategies for packaging systems
• Support manufacturing transfers and new product introductions by aligning packaging designs with production capabilities
• Analyze non-conformities and implement corrective and preventive actions for existing products

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in packaging design

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, or related field
• USN: $89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual

Travel Percentage: 10%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.