Staff Packaging Engineer

CooperCompaniesTrumbull, ConnecticutOn-siteFull-timeStaff, 8–12 yearsListed 1 day ago

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About this role

Our integrated Front-end Innovation, New Product Development and Product Engineering setting provides an exciting opportunity for Staff Packaging Engineers to be involved in a user-centric end-to-end product innovation process spanning from new opportunity incubation, via rigorous product development to market launch and subsequent product engineering.

This role will drive Packaging Engineering excellence across all areas of the business from validating the production process meets the design requirements to designing bespoke solutions for new products being developed.

Education:

- Minimum BS w/ 8+ or preferably MS w/ 5+ years of combined education and experience in development of medical devices or related fields.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

- Expertise in CAD modeling (SolidWorks), mechanical design and creation of engineering drawings including GD&T – required.

- Medical device development experience with thorough understanding of design control guidelines including verification and validation methods – required.

- Proficiency with engineering first principles and analytical methods including structural and fluid mechanics – required.

- Advance understanding of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) – required.

- Understanding of statistical methods including design of experiments – required.

- Ability to plan activities and lead technical teams or work independently with minimal direction – required.

- Hands-on craft skills and experience with building, fixing, servicing and/or fabricating concepts, fixtures, prototypes or similar – required.

- Experience with translating customer to product requirements, conducting harm-based risk analysis and defining acceptance criteria – preferred.

- Experience with FEA and/or CFD mathematical modeling – preferred.

- Proficiency with Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) – preferred.

- Experience with identifying latent user needs and front-end of innovation process – preferred.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of CooperSurgical about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at CooperSurgical via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of CooperSurgical, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by CooperSurgical for this position and a valid agreement with CooperSurgical is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the CooperSurgical agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you are interested in applying and require special assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

As an employee of CooperSurgical you'll receive a competitive total compensation plan. Your recruitment team will be able to share more information about any variable pay opportunity and benefit package that accompanies this role. The good faith estimate of the salary range for this role is $128,000 to $150,000. The actual amount offered is determined by a number of factors including but not limited to location, skills and experience.