Staff Engineer – Packaging Innovation

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $107.5k - $153.2k / year

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Niagara Bottling

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5001 - 10000 employees

Niagara Bottling is a leading beverage manufacturer in the U.S., supplying some of the largest brands and stores throughout the country. Niagara began as a family business in 1963, offering Niagara® water in five-gallon containers for home and office delivery.

📋 Description

• Lead technology scouting, evaluation, and development initiatives aligned with low-cost leadership, manufacturing scalability, and sustainable packaging innovation • Design, develop, and implement Research & Development (R&D) projects, including material evaluations, process-property relationship studies, virtual engineering/modeling, and development of new testing methodologies • Plan and execute experimental trials on manufacturing lines and pilot systems; collect, analyze, and interpret data to support technical recommendations and scalable implementation • Develop predictive models and data-driven insights to improve product performance, process robustness, and operational efficiency • Identify opportunities for product, packaging, and process optimization through analytical and engineering-based approaches • Collaborate cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, and external partners/suppliers to support strategic innovation initiatives • Evaluate emerging technologies and external partnerships for technical feasibility, commercial viability, and strategic fit • Design and conduct laboratory testing using R&D equipment, including development of standard operating procedures (SOPs), technical reports, and validation protocols • Support manufacturing trials, commercialization activities, and product launches across multiple production facilities • Present technical findings, strategic recommendations, and project updates to internal and external stakeholders, including leadership teams • Support intellectual property development, technical documentation, and innovation strategy initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• 6 Years – Experience in Mechanical Engineering or Applied Mechanics or Material Science • 6 Years – Experience in Position, industry or in a Research laboratory • 6 Years – Experience working with engineers, graduate researchers, interns or lab assistants *experience may include a combination of work experience and education • 8 Years – Experience in Mechanical Engineering or Applied Mechanics or Material Science (Preferred) • 8 Years – Experience in Position, industry or in a Research laboratory (Preferred) • 8 Years – Experience working with engineers, graduate researchers, interns or lab assistants (Preferred) • Proficiency in, but not limited to: Advanced data analysis • Publication quality communication skills (documents and presentations) • Proven experience with analytical laboratory equipment such as a Material Strength Testers, Full-Field Measurement techniques (strain), thermal analysis techniques (DMA, DSC), etc. • Skills with handling large data sets and analysis tools like Matlab, Python, etc. • Lifting Requirements: 40 lbs. • Foreign Language Required: None Preferred: Minimum Professional Proficiency, Spanish

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time • Paid parental and caregiver leaves • Medical, including virtual care options • Dental • Vision • 401(k) with company match • Health Savings Account with company match • Flexible Spending Accounts • Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members • Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements • Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan • Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc. • Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities • And more!