Sealed Air Corporation · 3 weeks ago
Senior Product and Process Development Engineer
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expSealed Air Corporation designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods globally. The role involves driving the R&D mission for innovative and sustainable product solutions, focusing on new product development for food packaging applications through polymer/material formulations.
Consumer GoodsE-CommercePackaging ServicesRetail
Responsibilities
Design and execute formulation and processing trials (lab, pilot, and production scale), alignment with other functions for testing, communication with the appropriate operational personnel, and presenting results to project teams and management
Effectively lead cross-functional teams of technicians and engineers throughout product development lifecycle. Manage trial logistics and budgets
Support Business, Supply chain and Quality teams to resolve quality issues, and other business maintenance activities
Identify and pursue potential IP opportunities
Develop and leverage external partnerships (materials suppliers, OEMs, universities) to monitor the state of the art and use these relationships to drive innovation
Monitor competitive and regulatory landscape and make proactive recommendations to stay ahead of the curve
Discover and explore new business, unmet market needs, and technology opportunities in partnership with Business teams, technical experts, and leadership
Partner with project management team for monthly reporting, project expense tracking, timeline development and adherence
Incorporate principles of Design for Manufacturing into new product development & transition new product and process technology to the Supply Chain organization in a timely and collaborative fashion
Collaborate and communicate effectively in a cross functional organization on innovation projects. Use strong presentation skills to present technical information to audiences with diverse backgrounds and connect technical concepts to business outcomes
Qualification
Required
BSc or MSc in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science & Engineering, or Materials Engineering
5+ years of Industrial and/or research and development experience in polymer processing, development of polymeric materials or plastic formulations
Preferred
Good understanding of structure-process-performance relation of polymeric materials (especially thermoplastics) and working understanding of polymer processing (extrusion, flexographic printing process and material...)
Strong presentation and communication skills, including the ability to break down technical concepts for a non-technical audience
Evidence of good judgment and decision-making skills
Creative and Resourceful, pulls together the necessary tools, equipment and people, to get the job done
Flexible to travel domestically and internationally, at least 20%
Company
Sealed Air Corporation
Sealed Air is in business to protect, to solve critical packaging challenges, and to make our world better than we find it.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (7)
2024 (14)
2023 (19)
2022 (20)
2021 (15)
2020 (19)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.16B2025-11-17Acquired
2024-06-17Post Ipo Debt· $396M
2023-11-08Post Ipo Debt
Leadership Team
Patrick Kivits
CEO
Sam Marfatia
Director Strategic Marketing
Recent News
2026-01-08
2025-12-22
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