Working with Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), suppliers, the Lockheed Martin Shipping Department, and the Packaging, Handling, Storage & Transportation (PHS&T) organization, the engineer assists in defining, developing, and documenting packaging solutions for system, subsystem, and component hardware including both hazardous and non-hazardous shipments. Determines packaging specifications according to the nature of the product, cost limitations, legal requirements, and the type of protection required, considering need for resistance to such external variables as moisture, corrosive chemicals, temperature variations, light, heat, rough handling, and tampering.