Senior Principal Packaging Engineer

Position: Senior Principal Packaging Engineer
Location: Hybrid (Minimum 3 days onsite; potential remote 2 days/week)
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Pay Rate: $53/hr
Duration: Through August 16, 2027 (with potential for full-time conversion)

In this role, you'll support Baxter's Pharmaceutical R&D team, leading packaging engineering initiatives focused primarily on sustaining engineering while also contributing to new product development and packaging innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support packaging engineering projects involving quality improvements, CAPA, regulatory compliance, supplier changes, cost savings, and new product introductions.
• Manage multiple packaging projects with minimal supervision while ensuring project milestones are met.
• Develop testing protocols, execute change control activities, and collaborate with manufacturing sites and suppliers.
• Create packaging specifications, technical drawings, and packaging documentation.
• Evaluate and approve new packaging materials, suppliers, and packaging systems.
• Resolve packaging issues using root cause analysis, statistical methods, and continuous improvement techniques.
• Generate cost-saving opportunities through packaging design improvements and material optimization.
• Support packaging validation, verification testing, and manufacturing process qualifications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering (preferred) or Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical, or related Engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of Packaging Engineering experience (Principal-level experience preferred).
• Experience within pharmaceutical, medical device, food, or beverage packaging industries.
• Strong knowledge of packaging materials, specifications, validation, testing, and regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience managing packaging engineering projects from concept through implementation.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), Lean principles, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience with SolidWorks is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.