Packaging Engineer
Public Goods, United States

Public Goods is a DTC e-commerce company, the digitally native, membership-driven, one-stop-shop that offers high-quality, sustainable essentials across grocery, household, and personal care.Public Goods' mission is to make premium-quality, healthy and sustainable products more accessible. We value the environment, and we believe that together our small choices can make a big impact.

It is an exciting time to join Public Goods. You will have opportunities to make an unprecedented impact on defining the future of the business. We value diversity and inclusion, and we welcome people from different backgrounds and perspectives. Public Goods received series A funding in 2020.

Duties

• Lead package development and changes across existing products (improvements in quality, productivity, sustainability) and innovation/growth (new products)
• Work with company leadership, brand amp; marketing, and operations to develop, coordinate amp; refine the current sustainability projects in the packaging aspect
• Develop standards for packaging quality and durability
• Manage relationships with manufacturer, operations, and fulfillment to ensure on-time delivery of projects to market
• Conduct feasibility analysis on designs, manufacturability, costing, and time-to-market. Create development prototypes, engineering drawings, and specifications.
• Coordinate activities and demonstrate competency with vendors and contract manufacturers, including sourcing and sampling primary amp; secondary packaging
• Manage assigned packaging initiatives to ensure they meet business needs, inclusive of launch timing, line testing, finished product quality, design integrity, and cost.
• Identify innovative cost-saving opportunities and continuous packaging improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in packaging engineering, packaging science, or related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in packaging development in the consumer products space
• Familiar with packaging technologies in personal care, home goods, or food packaging
• General understanding of manufacturing processes and quality assurance principles (e.g. CQV)
• Knowledge of ISTA standards and of material properties and applications needed to pass a variety of transit safety requirements.
• Working knowledge of relevant regulatory FDA and USDA requirements for packaging.
• A clear understanding of the application of a broad range of packaging materials, structural design, printing, and manufacturing processes.
• Should possess the knowledge and resources needed to execute uniform packaging looks and qualities across a variety of substrates, manufacturing processes, and countries of origin.

Benefits

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package salary + equity.
• 100% covered Medical/Dental/Vision/telemedicine services for employees
• Public Goods lifetime membership and monthly credits to both Public Goods and a monthly stipend for books of your choice!

Job Rewards and Benefits