As a Senior Packaging Engineer you will support new product development and sustainment projects for our Instruments division. You will need to live within commuting distance of our Portage, MI office. You will need to be in the office on 3 days a week. Learn more about our Instruments division here: 14 reasons to join Stryker Instruments in Portage, MI! (https://www.strykercareersblog.com/post/14-reasons-to-join-strykers-instruments-division-in-portage-michigan) **What You Will Do** + You will be apart of the new product development and sustaining project teams with responsibilities for development of packaging components, artwork design, design verification, shelf-life testing and compliance related activities. + You will lead the teams to deliver special activities and research which have business impact. + Execute packaging usability research and participate in Voice of the Customer activities. + Develop packaging components that improve the customer experience, working with a drafter to develop 3D models and Artwork. + Demonstrate development life cycle knowledge through delivery of high quality deliverables. + Work cooperatively with quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical, marketing, R&D device designers, supply chain, vendors, and distribution centers – across geographies -- to ensure project success. + Build Quality into all aspects of product development and support by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements and leading improvements and development of solutions that make it easier for the organization to maintain compliance in complex areas (such as ever-evolving regulatory requirements worldwide). + Support audits, non-conformances and CAPAs as needed. **What You Need** **Required Qualifications** + Bachelor’s Degree in Packaging, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering or related technical field. + Minimum 2 years of packaging design work experience within a highly regulated industry (medical device, pharmaceuticals, and the food industry) **Preferred Qualifications** + Medical device industry experience + Experience in process validation + Experience in design controls and industry standards in packaging design (ISO 11607, ASTM, ISTA) Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role. Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.