DuPont™ Spectrum™ Healthcare Solutions is seeking a New Product Development Engineer to join our Medical Films & Flexible Packaging team in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
In this role, you will help shape the next generation of healthcare and medical device packaging solutions, leading the development of innovative films, flexible packaging structures, and manufacturing processes that enable critical medical technologies worldwide. You will work at the intersection of materials science, product development, manufacturing, and customer collaboration, taking products from concept through commercialization in a highly innovative, regulated environment.
This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, developing new technologies, and seeing their innovations make a meaningful impact on patients and healthcare providers around the world.
What You'll Do
- Lead the development of new medical films, flexible packaging structures, and process technologies from concept through commercial launch.
- Translate customer and application requirements into innovative packaging solutions that deliver performance, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
- Design, develop, and evaluate new packaging materials, film structures, laminates, pouches, and related healthcare packaging formats.
- Plan and execute laboratory studies, pilot trials, process development activities, and scale-up initiatives to support commercialization.
- Partner with manufacturing, quality, regulatory, marketing, and commercial teams to successfully transfer new technologies into production.
- Support packaging validation and verification activities, including sterilization compatibility, package integrity, aging studies, and process qualification.
- Apply data-driven problem-solving tools, statistical analysis, and experimental design techniques to optimize product and process performance.
- Lead technical project activities, manage development timelines, identify risks, and drive successful execution of new product initiatives.
- Collaborate directly with customers to understand application challenges, provide technical expertise, and ensure successful implementation of DuPont packaging solutions.
- Contribute to the advancement of DuPont's innovation pipeline by exploring new materials, technologies, and sustainable packaging solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 10+ years of experience; Advanced degree with 5+ years of experience is preferred
- Experience in product development, process development, manufacturing engineering, packaging engineering, R&D, or technical innovation roles.
- Experience supporting the development, scale-up, or commercialization of polymer-based products and manufacturing processes.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems using data-driven decision making and structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Strong project management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects forward in a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to travel up to 20%.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with flexible packaging, polymer films, extrusion, converting, lamination, coating, sealing, or related manufacturing technologies.
- Knowledge of medical devices, healthcare, pharmaceutical, food, or other regulated packaging applications.
- Experience supporting product validation, process qualification, or regulated product development environments.
- Familiarity with medical packaging standards, including ISO 11607, ISO 13485, FDA, or similar quality systems.
- Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical analysis, Minitab, process optimization, or validation methodologies.
- Experience leading cross-functional product development projects from concept through commercialization.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field with 10+ years industry experience (or 5+ years with advanced degree)
- Demonstrated experience in polymer film extrusion and flexible packaging conversion processes (film extrusion, blown film, slitting, pouch forming, sealing)
- Strong knowledge of medical device packaging standards and regulations (ISO 11607, ISO 13485, FDA QSR) and familiarity with sterilization processes (EtO, radiation)
- Hands-on experience with process development, scale-up, troubleshooting and validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
- Proficiency in statistical and data-driven methods (Design of Experiments, DOE; process capability analysis; Minitab or similar tools)
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional new product development projects and manage timelines, resources, and risk (DFMEA/PFMEA)
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications and maintain technical documentation aligned with design control and quality systems
- Willingness to travel up to 20% for customer collaborations, trials, or manufacturing activities
- Evidence of innovation outputs (patents, published research, or commercialized products)
What We Do
PPC Industries is a leading extruder and converter of polyethylene bags, films, and tubing. The company provides specialty plastic solutions for a wide range of applications, including food processing, medical, pharmaceutical, and niche industrial markets. As a DuPont business, it also provides automated packaging and inventory management solutions for its clients.
