# Packaging Engineer, Sentry

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Irvine, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $129,000-$171,000 USD
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Defense

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Sentry team is seeking a Packaging Engineer to join our team. The Packaging Engineer will be responsible for developing innovative packaging solutions that protect our advanced defense hardware systems throughout the entire product lifecycle - from manufacturing to field deployment.

**Responsibilities**

- Lead packaging development from concept through production, delivering structural packaging solutions that protect products, enhance the Anduril brand experience, and meet cost, quality, and sustainability targets.

- Own packaging design execution, validation, supplier coordination, and issue resolution, serving as the technical expert for packaging across new and existing products within the Sentry product family.

- Develop and refine detailed packaging design documentation, including CAD models, drawings, specifications, and work instructions to ensure consistent quality and repeatability in packaging processes.

- Partner with Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, PMO, Logistics, Quality, and Deployment & Mission Ops to ensure packaging feasibility, tooling readiness, and production alignment.

- Apply DFM/DFA and Value Engineering principles to balance protection, aesthetics, manufacturability, sustainability, and cost in packaging design.

- Create and maintain accurate 3D CAD models, drawings, BOMs, and specifications within PDM/PLM systems to ensure manufacturing consistency.

- Support prototype builds, pilot runs, and production ramp to ensure scalable execution of packaging solutions.

- Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for packaging-related quality, warranty, and field issues.

- Drive cost savings, material optimization, and sustainability improvements across existing packaging designs and processes.

- Research and implement new materials and construction methods to improve packaging performance and efficiency.

- Collaborate with suppliers to meet compliance, quality, cost, and timeline targets for packaging components and materials.

- Standardize packaging documentation, specifications, and engineering best practices across the organization.

- Support adoption of simulation, validation, and AI-enabled packaging design tools to enhance design capabilities and efficiency.

**Required Qualifications**

- Degree in a technical field such as Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or related discipline

- 5+ years of experience in packaging engineering, preferably for electronic, electromechanical, or defense products

- Demonstrated ability to design and validate protective packaging solutions for sensitive or high-value products

- Experience with packaging materials selection, testing methodologies, and performance analysis

- Knowledge of industry packaging standards and test protocols (ASTM, ISTA, MIL-STD)

- Proficiency with CAD software for packaging design (SolidWorks, NX, or similar)

- Extremely organized and detail-oriented

- Excellent verbal & written communication skills

- Experience in packaging configuration management and change control processes

- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience designing packaging for military or defense applications

- Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) or similar industry certification

- Demonstrated success in designing packaging for products with challenging protection requirements (shock-sensitive, environmentally sensitive, etc.)

- Experience with sustainable packaging design and materials selection

- Knowledge of international shipping regulations and packaging requirements

- Hands-on experience with packaging testing equipment and methodologies

- Experience with packaging for products at different stages of maturity, from prototypes to high-volume production

- Prior experience working with JIRA, Siemens NX, Teamcenter (PLM), or Oracle (ERP) or equivalents

- Familiarity with logistics systems and transportation modes and their impact on packaging requirements

- Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for packaging process control and traceability

- Experience with reusable packaging systems design and implementation

## Skills

### Required
- Packaging Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Materials Science
- CAD software
- packaging materials selection
- testing methodologies
- performance analysis

### Nice to have
- Experience designing packaging for military or defense applications
- Certified Packaging Professional (CPP)
- sustainable packaging design
- international shipping regulations
- packaging testing equipment

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