Packaging Engineer

Description

Position Summary:

The Packaging Engineer will support product lines by ensuring that all packaging used for biologics, pharmaceuticals, reagents, and medical-grade products meets quality, regulatory, sustainability, and transportation requirements. This role is not a packaging design role—instead, it focuses on working with external packaging vendors, assessing materials, validating solutions for temperature-sensitive products, and ensuring robustness throughout storage and global distribution.

Key Responsibilities:

· Collaborate with external packaging vendors to select, evaluate, and qualify packaging solutions that meet the companies product requirements.

· Ensure packaging supports temperature-sensitive life science products, maintaining integrity under varying temperature conditions such as refrigerated, frozen, or ambient shipping.

· Manage packaging needs for plastic and glass materials, including vials, tubes, bottles, and IV bag components requiring specialized shipment.

· Evaluate packaging performance for transportation and distribution, including protection, durability, sustainability, and compliance with regulatory expectations.

· Conduct or coordinate validation activities such as transport testing, temperature simulations, and stress testing, ensuring packaging reliability under expected shipping conditions.

· Drive packaging improvements related to sustainability, recyclability, and carbon-footprint reduction, aligning with corporate environmental goals.

· Partner with cross-functional teams including Quality, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Supply Chain to ensure packaging meets operational needs.

· Maintain documentation, vendor specifications, and qualification data according to internal quality systems.

· Stay informed on industry trends, material innovations, and sustainable packaging practices

Skills

Packaging engineering, medical device, vendor management, Packaging, Packaging design, Solidworks, Supply chain, materials management, materials logistics, pharmaceutical industry, Project management, temperature controls, regulatory compliance, gmp environment

Top Skills Details

Packaging engineering,medical device,vendor management

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Required:

· Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a related discipline.

· Experience in packaging within the biotech, pharma, or life sciences industry.

· Working knowledge of plastic and glass packaging materials.

· Understanding of packaging considerations for temperature-controlled shipments (e.g., cold chain).

· Experience supporting or working directly with external packaging vendors.

· Strong understanding of packaging requirements for transportation, distribution, and regulatory compliance.

Preferred:

· Experience with ISTA, ASTM, or other packaging test standards for transport and environmental testing.

· Knowledge related to sustainability, carbon-footprint analysis, and eco-friendly materials.

· Familiarity with packaging for IV bags or fluid-handling medical products.

· Prior experience in GMP or regulated manufacturing environments.

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

This is a Contract position based out of Minneapolis, MN.

The pay range for this position is $52.00 - $58.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Minneapolis,MN.

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 13, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $52 - $58