Senior Packaging Engineer

Location: Princeton, New Jersey, USA; hybrid schedule with in-person attendance on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and remote work options on Mondays and Fridays. Flexibility to participate in global meetings during early mornings or late evenings is required.

Salary: $92,500–$131,700 US base salary per year, plus bonus eligibility.

Company

Church & Dwight develops consumer products and brands while emphasizing innovation, collaboration, product quality, and environmental responsibility.

What you will do

• Lead packaging development programs from concept through manufacturing launch across multiple Strategic Business Units and international markets.
• Develop and qualify primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging systems, including plastics, flexible films, corrugated materials, cartons, thermoforms, bottles, tubes, and injection-molded components.
• Plan and execute analytical testing, package performance testing, line trials, qualification, validation, and commercialization activities.
• Evaluate packaging in laboratory, warehouse, and manufacturing environments; troubleshoot packaging and production-line issues.
• Manage concurrent innovation, quality improvement, margin enhancement, cost-saving, sustainability, and material-optimization projects.
• Coordinate global engineering teams, local packaging subject matter experts, and suppliers while providing technical leadership and mentorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 5 years of packaging development experience.
• End-to-end experience with primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging development.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to independently manage projects, including timelines, risk assessments, contingency plans, and action plans.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and meet packaging quality and regulatory requirements for global launches.

Nice to have

• Consumer packaged goods experience and experience launching products in multiple global markets.
• Experience with plant-based manufacturing environments and packaging commercialization.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification or higher.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, MiniTab, Agile tools, CAPE Pack, ArtiosCAD, or AutoCAD.
• Experience supporting cost savings, sustainability, and material optimization initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, informal, and supportive working environment with ownership and responsibility.
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance for eligible employees and dependents.
• Paid vacation, sick time, parental leave, paid holidays, and floating holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match and profit-sharing.
• Discounted employee stock purchase plan.