Job Description

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit  .  

Job Description

The Packaging Design Engineer will work on a team of packaging engineers and technicians to design and develop protective packaging solutions for prospective and existing Sealed Air customers. The role will work cross-functionally with sales teams to consultatively solve critical customer packaging challenges, by recommending, designing, and sampling packaging solutions.

The role is located in Charlotte, NC and is expected to be in the office Monday through Thursday with the flexibility to be remote on Friday.

Responsibilities:

• Design engineered packaging solutions using CAD and digital technologies
• Collaborate with our commercial teams, business partners, and clients, to diagnose packaging problems and implement improved solutions and cost savings
• Collaborate cross functionally with marketing and R&D to find optimal solutions for a variety of products
• Analyze data to identify trends, determine root causes of performance gaps, and recommend actionable solutions
• Develop innovative and patentable packaging solutions
• Perform integrity tests using ISTA, ASTM and other industry related protocols

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Packaging, Engineering, or Industrial Design
• Experience with mechanical CAD systems (specific experience with Rhino, Artios CAD and SolidWorks is not required but would be a plus)
• Good mechanical aptitude and strong ability to visualize in three dimensions

• Experience with wood working equipment
• Able to design, fabricate and test packaging for Sealed Air customers
• Experience with CNC programming
• Able to work with database systems to prioritize and organize heavy loads of design projects
• Professional, ambitious, independent, enthusiastic, and possessing a positive attitude
• Able to handle multiple simultaneous projects in a fast-paced and demanding work environment
• Ability to clearly communicate with other engineers, designers, mold-makers, sales teams, and customers
• Perform International Safe Transit Association package integrity tests
• Travel as necessary to support the sales organization… some travel may require flights and multi-night stays
• Strong communication skills building engineer-to-engineer relationships with new and existing customers
• Ability to communicate clearly and think strategically in a collaborative, cross-functional environment
• Strong organizational skills to aid in driving processes and projects
• Innovative and R&D driven mindset to find best practices for packaging, quality control, and product design
• Ability to identify performance problems and leverage appropriate technical expertise to craft appropriate solutions

Pay Transparency:

Compensation: $57,100 - $98,325

The range disclosed complies with applicable state and local pay transparency laws. Offers within this range will be determined by considering relevant factors including education, experience, and internal alignment. This position may also be eligible for annual performance bonuses and other incentive programs. Sealed Air offers a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and other benefits designed to promote well-being.

Requisition id: 55983 

Relocation: Yes

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. 

*Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com. 

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