Lead Packaging Design Engineer

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the role

Lead Packaging Design Engineer, supporting a Category and Operating Unit in package design engineering being the steward for packaging, ensuring all aspects meet or exceed the quality, creative and product delivery requirements within a managed timeline and cost objective.

Key responsibilities:

Innovation Steward

• Understand that the packaging design and technology development enables rapid creation and development of product innovations. 
• Working knowledge in inventing, developing, and creating intellectual property around ownable packaging innovation

Packaging Concept Feasibility and Detailed Design

• Partner with Lead Packaging Industrial Designer to execute robust technical engineering and development of packaging and tooling.
• Technical engineering and development includes but is not limited to: 
  • 3D CAD using good engineering practices
  • FEA using first principles to understand tolerance ranges and predict performance of the system
  • Statistical dimensional analysis
  • FMEA to identify and mitigate technical risks through each step of the product lifecycle
  • Specification generation
  • Understanding and execution of different prototyping materials and methods for early design evaluation
• Lead / Support development of packaging DOE’s for specific unit operations as part of the overall technical readiness.
• Search new applicable technologies both within and outside our industry in order to continuously evaluate best practice and support product innovation.
• Understand and provide comprehensive feasibility with data of assigned concept that defines function, manufacturability, component cost, tooling estimates, preliminary development lead time, risk and global consistency.

Technical Management: supporting all aspects of the development process.

• • Technical Feasibility
  • Packaging 3D CAD development.
  • Packaging cost estimating and technical profiles.
  • Supplier recommendation /selection.
  • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Pre-Design Turnover and Post Business Award).
• Support / lead value analysis into every new development ensuring the packaging  construction and design provides the most cost effective and sustainable way to achieve design criteria but also provide the best function and quality.
• Work with Head of Design and Engineering to execute assigned technical sections of projects through Technical Proof of Manufacturability to ensure design and construction meets all Estee Lauder engineering requirements.
• Execute packaging test plans for all assigned technical sections.
• Work with Package Developers and Engineering to define specifications, design criteria and defect ranges to ensure optimal process flow from manufacture of components through filling and assembly.
• Develop packaging specifications and validate that technical drawings clearly identify all aspects required to define the assigned technical unit operation.
• Work with Engineering to ensure designed packaging components assemble efficiently at optimal rate of production.

Timeline Management

• Support the Package Developers with design / development schedules and identify risks or ways to mitigate risks to support a component availability requirement.
• Identify and inform  of any risks and or delays during the course of development.

Direct and Indirect Management

• Work with external suppliers and vendors to develop detailed engineering designs, analysis and custom solutions.
• Build and cultivate relationships with  Manufacturing and Engineering.

Qualifications and skills

Education / Certification

• MS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Engineering.  BS degree in Mechanical Engineering plus +3 years experience in mechanical design engineering is considered equivalent.

Direct Experience

• Course concentration in solid mechanics, design and manufacturing, parts design, plastics processing, robotics and / or thermal sciences.
• Proficiency in computer systems including 3D Design Systems and Analysis (SolidWorks preferred), MS Excel, Word, Outlook and Timeline management systems.
• Computer Aided Engineering – FEA and / or CFD, demonstrated ability to generate and interpret results
• Demonstrated knowledge of fundamental mechanical design and / or tooling design

Technical Competency

• Ability to demonstrate strong fundamental engineering skills
• Technical competency in analysis of geometric objects in 2 and 3 dimensions including understanding of clearances, fit and finish of assemblies and sub-assemblies.
• Fundamental knowledge of materials used in the construction and manufacturing of equipment and packages including but not limited to:
  • • • Injection molding.
      • Blow molding.
      • Tool design
      • Assembly of components.

 Job Posting End Date

2026-11-22

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. 

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.