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PepsiCo

Makes salty snacks, sodas and sports drinks

R&D Packaging Senior Principal Engineer

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePlano, TX, USA$130.7k - $176.5k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Packaging Science, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering.
  • Nine years of experience in packaging and packaging system design and development.
  • Nine years of experience developing, writing, and maintaining packaging material specifications.
  • Eight years of experience in packaging design for multi-layer high-barrier rigid containers and flexible film-based barrier packs.
  • Seven years of experience identifying, analyzing, and improving existing packaging and processes to drive continuous improvement programs and competitive advantage.
  • Five years of experience in packaging system design and development supporting implementation of new packaging systems into a production environment.
  • Five years of experience overseeing execution of Commissioning–Qualification–Validation processes during commercialization of new packaging technologies.
  • Five years of experience developing project update documentation and updating senior management on program progress regularly.
  • Five years of experience identifying new technologies and assessing their applicability to differentiated packaging productivity, sustainability, and innovation programs.
  • Five years of experience creating robust business case analyses to justify programs and sell them in to senior leadership teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design food packaging for multi-layer high-barrier rigid containers.
  • Design food packaging for multi-layer high-barrier flexible pillow packages.
  • Develop innovative packaging containers for direct food-contact applications.
  • Design packaging machines and systems for proprietary filling and sealing rigid canisters.
  • Design packaging machines and systems for conversion of proprietary flexible film-based packages.
  • Conduct acceptance testing and manufacturing plant validations of packaging systems and materials.

About the Company

PepsiCo

Makes salty snacks, sodas and sports drinks

PepsiCo makes snack foods and soft drinks that supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants sell around the world. It owns some of the most familiar grocery brands, including Lay's and Doritos chips from its Frito-Lay division and Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Gatorade on the drinks side, along with Quaker oats and cereals. The company runs its own plants and distribution network and earns most of its money selling finished products to retailers and foodservice customers, while partner bottlers produce some of its drinks under license. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Harrison, NY
Founded
1965

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