What does a packaging engineer do on a daily basis?

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Zippia Team · Accepted Answer

A packing engineer lives and breathes every aspect of their company's packaging program, which involves designing, evaluating, and producing packaging on a daily basis. Packaging engineers can make or break the success of a product. They play a vital role in both product sales and distribution.

Day-to-day tasks of a packaging engineer include:

Manage UAT testing of App-V/Thin-App applications
Manage daily Microsoft App-V updates on SharePoint website
Manage implementation and changes using FDA compliant documentation and change management processes
Manage packaging redesign project to comply with current FDA regulations for medical device packaging
Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy
Convert new packaging innovations into prototypes, organize and manage test runs to validate or modify experimental packaging or packaging procedures
Execute packaging testing using current ASTM and ISTA standards to verify performance and package integrity
Work with customer marketing departments to design labels that follow FDA and ISO standards for medical devices
Update engineering drawings through SolidWorks
Coordinate filling line trials in-house and at contract manufacturers and support production start-ups
Collaborate with QA, regulatory, production, and procurement departments on continuous process improvements to increase revenue, compliance, and efficiency
Spearhead the Ozurdex implant extrusion process, FMEA
Define SPC control limits and implement them through the ECO process
Utilize ArtiosCAD and AutoCAD programs to create drawings and prototypes
Create various PowerShell scripts to improve deployment and automation processes