Engineer - Innovation

Organize and lead production trials for new products, materials, equipment modifications, and process improvements.

Partner closely with manufacturing teams to ensure smooth introduction of new products and changes to existing products.

Evaluate finished-product performance and coordinate specialized testing when required.

Investigate product or process failures, identify root causes, and develop practical solutions.

Support alternate-material and supplier evaluations, including cost-benefit analysis and performance implications.

Develop structured project plans, charters, timelines, milestones, and supporting documentation.

Manage multiple innovation initiatives while maintaining accountability for timing, performance, outcomes, and business impact.

Identify risks or project gaps early and communicate clear action plans to stakeholders.

Follow solutions through implementation and customer use, ensuring issues are addressed quickly and learnings are incorporated into future development.

Stay current on emerging technologies, equipment, manufacturing methods, and packaging trends.

Bring forward ideas that can improve product performance, production efficiency, sustainability, revenue, or margin.

Contribute to a collaborative innovation culture that encourages experimentation, learning, and disciplined execution.

Provide technical guidance and subject matter expertise across supported product lines.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

10+ years of product engineering, product development, R&D, or innovation experience within consumer goods, packaging, or a related manufacturing environment.

3+ years of experience leading technical engineering teams, projects, or technical workstreams.

Strong experience moving products or technologies from development through testing, manufacturing, and commercialization.

Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage timelines, milestones, stakeholders, and competing priorities.

Experience working directly with customers to understand requirements and solve technical challenges.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.

Ability to communicate effectively with customers, engineers, commercial teams, and manufacturing leaders.

Creativity, curiosity, adaptability, and a willingness to challenge how things have traditionally been done.

Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to approximately 25%.

Experience within packaging, sustainable packaging, fiber-based packaging, paper, flexible packaging, or e-commerce packaging .

Experience with materials testing, product qualification, and production trials.

Knowledge of packaging machinery, converting equipment, automation, or equipment modification.

Experience commercializing new products or technologies in a manufacturing environment.

Exposure to paper, films, coatings, adhesives, or other packaging substrates and materials.

You may be a great fit if you’re the engineer who asks “What if we tried this?” and then has the technical discipline to determine whether it will actually work.

You enjoy being close to the product, the equipment, the customer, and the manufacturing floor. You can move comfortably between an early-stage concept discussion and a production trial. And while you love innovation, you understand that a great idea only creates value when it can be manufactured reliably, perform for the customer, and deliver meaningful business results.

If you’re ready to help develop what’s next in sustainable e-commerce packaging, we’d like to hear from you!