Packaging & Automation Engineer

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About the opportunity

At QIAGEN, we are committed to making improvements in life possible. As a Packaging Engineer, you will play a key role in developing, industrializing, and continuously improving packaging solutions across our Diagnostics and Life Sciences portfolio.

As a subject matter expert for packaging technologies, you will provide technical guidance to R&D, Operations, Quality, Procurement, manufacturing partners, and suppliers, ensuring robust, scalable, compliant, and cost-effective solutions throughout the product lifecycle.

Combining packaging development, supplier engineering, manufacturing implementation, and automation, you will contribute to new product introductions, drive packaging innovation, and support automation projects across our global manufacturing and supplier network.

Your tasks include

• Leading packaging development and industrialization for new and existing products, from concept and material selection through qualification and commercial implementation.
• Driving packaging automation projects at QIAGEN and supplier sites, including equipment implementation, FAT/SAT, commissioning, and DQ/IQ/OQ/PQ activities.
• Providing technical packaging expertise to R&D, Operations, Quality, Procurement, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and contract manufacturers.
• Optimizing packaging materials and processes for product protection, quality, sustainability, regulatory compliance, efficiency, and cost.
• Driving continuous improvement, root cause investigations, standardization, and the evaluation and implementation of innovative packaging technologies.

Your profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Several years of relevant experience in packaging engineering, packaging development, manufacturing engineering, supplier engineering, or industrialization.
• Strong expertise in packaging materials, technologies, manufacturing processes, and transport requirements, ideally including ISTA and IATA.
• Experience with automated packaging equipment and equipment implementation, including FAT/SAT and DQ/IQ/OQ/PQ, preferably within a GMP or similarly regulated environment.
• Experience managing technical projects and collaborating with suppliers, contract manufacturers, and cross-functional teams; experience in diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or life sciences is an advantage.
• Knowledge of packaging qualification, risk management, FMEA, DoE, process capability, sustainability, and global manufacturing transfer is advantageous.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and stakeholder management skills, with fluent English; German is an advantage and occasional travel is expected.