R&D Engineer – Flexibles
TOPPAN Packaging Americas
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Charlotte • Illinois, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead technical activities to develop new flexible packaging structures, capabilities, or technological advancements
- Translate market or customer requirements into specifications and design products that meet these criteria
- Develop and lead pilot, production, and filling/packaging trials
- Interface with business leaders, customers, and external partners to discuss development activities and needs
- Coordinate activities to accomplish tasks using available internal and external resources
- Stay current with industry trends, material and process developments, and the competitive landscape to leverage and share that knowledge within the business
- Build subject matter expertise for key focus areas and act as a consultant within the business for these areas
- Prepare written and verbal presentations, project plans, updates, and reports for internal and external use
- Travel to suppliers, customers, and other innovation partners and for conferences, trade shows, or training
- Collaborate with sales, marketing, supply management, engineering, sustainability, and other functions to identify needs and solutions
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science, preferably in Engineering, Science, Packaging, or Plastics
- 5 - 10 years in a Product /Package Development or Manufacturing role
- Preferred manufacturing processes include blown film production, extrusion coating and laminating, printing (roto gravure /flexo graphic), pouching, and form/fill/seal conversion
- Experience in retort and hot fill applications or the following markets would be a plus: pet food, dairy, coffee, chilled and frozen food, healthcare, or personal care
- Material science (OPP, PET, PE, Nylon, paper, and foil) knowledge
- New product development, packaging applications
- Project management (multitasking, prioritization, time and budget management, planning and executing)
- Technical writing & oral communication
Benefits
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Hard skills
packaging developmentblown film productionextrusion coatinglaminatingprintingpouchingform/fill/seal conversionmaterial sciencenew product developmentproject management
Soft skills
communicationmultitaskingprioritizationtime managementbudget managementplanningexecutingcollaborationconsultingpresentation
Certifications
Bachelor of Science