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Salary: USD 75,000 - 100,000 / annual
Lovevery is a direct-to-consumer startup co-founded by serial entrepreneurs and based in Boise, Idaho. The company helps parents feel confident in providing meaningful developmental experiences for children in their early years, using a science-based approach. Lovevery products have won awards from Red Dot, Parents' Choice, and NAPPA.
The Packaging Design & Engineering team is seeking a Packaging Design Engineer to support packaging development across direct-to-consumer, retained, and retail packaging programs. The team is responsible for structural packaging development of the entire product portfolio, ranging from pallet configurations and case packs to molded fiber and press-fit corrugated solutions.
In this role, you will design the first physical experience customers have with Lovevery products. You will support a wide range of tasks including presenting structural design concepts (with multiple rounds of iteration), maintaining updated packaging specifications, and documenting detailed packaging metrics throughout the development process. As the subject matter expert on packaging engineering, you will be a key point of contact for packaging-related issues affecting both sustainability and business performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop packaging solutions for e-commerce and retail environments, including primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging that adheres to safety, regulatory, sustainability, and performance requirements
- Maintain an up-to-date database of packaging specifications using software platforms such as ArtiosCAD, TOPS, SolidWorks, and Adobe Illustrator
- Prepare technical drawings including specification sheets, bills-of-material, pallet patterns, and other manufacturing documentation
- Evaluate new and existing packaging solutions to improve user experience, sustainability, performance, quality, and cost
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in industrial design, packaging engineering, or related field
- Experience developing packaging for market-bound items
- Expert knowledge of packaging materials and manufacturing processes
- Expert knowledge of sustainable packaging design practices
- Experience providing direct input to product profitability assessments and determining fully burdened costs associated with freight and fulfillment
- Experience designing packaging for products made of common materials including wood, plastic, and cotton
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
- Proven understanding and ability to design for print production
- Passion for packaging design and basic understanding of macro design trends
- Portfolio demonstrating ability to think visually and work through digital and physical iterations
- High proficiency in ArtiosCAD, TOPS, SolidWorks, and Adobe Illustrator
Preferred Qualifications:
- Complete understanding of toy safety standards related to distribution and retained packaging
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes for toy manufacturing, including injection molding and wood manufacturing
