R&d Senior Packaging Engineer

**Job Description Summary**:
We are **the makers of possible**

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. _Advancing the world of health_ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

**Why Join Us?**

A career at BD means learning and working alongside inspirational leaders and colleagues who are equally passionate and committed to fostering an inclusive, growth-centered, and rewarding culture. You will have the opportunity to help shape the trajectory of BD while leaving a legacy at the same time.

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of health. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive. And find satisfaction in doing your part to make the world a better place.

Become a **maker of possible **with us

This is a critical role in the COE and this individual will drive activities focused on assessing and reducing the carbon footprint of BD products. The long-term vision is to have environmental sustainability become an integral part of the product and packaging development process, and the work done by him /her will be instrumental in enabling this outcome. He / she will strike a balance of fast-paced execution with thoroughness of approach, using iterative concept development informed by stakeholder feedback.

This position will be accountable for supporting medium to high complexity projects, products, systems, or services within BD. Regular interaction and collaboration with R&D and project team members within each Business Unit is critical for the successful execution of responsibilities.
- Work as part of the broader SMTI team to assess environmental impact of BD products, with focus on products in Greater Asia region.
- Work with R&D representatives to obtain feedback, make changes as necessary.
- Demonstrated understanding of translating customer needs into engineering requirements leading to specific packaging, and process specifications
- Collaboration with Manufacturing and cross-functional teams (including Manufacturing Technology, Quality, Marketing, Regulatory, Operations) across businesses to propose; assess the feasibility of; and implement packaging design, material, or process changes, including creative solutions to business or technical needs.
- Synthesize, develop, update, and optimize designs that meet requirements by understanding design space with design options and tradeoffs, managing critical parameters, leverage strong engineering fundamentals and tools and integrating manufacturing principles early in the development.
- Assess manufacturability of new packaging designs, development of packaging processes and changes to existing packaging designs and processes
- Support cost and supply continuity needs through continuous improvement, technology assessment, and innovation.
- Develop and execute packaging test methods that specify measurement equipment, test set-up, measurement systems analysis, and data analysis and align to business and regulatory requirements and needs.
- Write technical reports based on experimental investigations.
- Solve technical challenges drawing on a combination of experience, sound judgment, problem-solving skills, engineering first principles, and advanced engineering methods.
- Comply with all local, state, federal, and BD safety regulations, policies, and procedures.

**Preferred Requirements**
- Bachelor Degree in Mechanical/Packaging or related Engineering field is required. Master’s degree is strongly preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of packaging experience, preferably in medical device or food contact packaging.
- Design for high volume in regulated product manufacturing is preferred.
- Experience/knowledge with CAD tools for packaging design
- Demonstrated contributions to delivering robust packaging solutions.
- Experience with statistics and design of experiments.
- Knowledge of the following standards: ISO 13485, ISO 11607, and ISO 14971.
- Experience in package development including, design of packaging for medical devices including familiarity with packaging materials and their limitations, and a demonstrated ability to translate internal and external customer needs into low cost and reliable package designs.
- Experience with forming, sealing process and tooling design and development for forM/Fill/seal, flow-wrap, pouch solutions.
- Experience with fabrication process to ensure manufacturability.

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