Description
We are seeking a Circularity Innovation Engineer to lead the end-to-end engineering, innovation, and deployment of circularity solutions across HP products and packaging.
The successful candidate will drive execution of HP's circular economy strategy by integrating circularity into product design, supply chain operations, and digital data systems.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Circular Packaging Innovation
- Lead development and deployment of renewable and recyclable packaging solutions
- Replace single-use plastics with fiber-based, molded fiber, and bio-based materials
- Optimize packaging design for performance, cost, and lifecycle impact
- Ensure compliance with global requirements (e.g., EPR frameworks, California SB54, and EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR))
2. Recycled & Renewable Materials Engineering
- Increase integration of post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR), recycled metals and critical materials, and renewable materials that are responsibly sourced and certified
- Ensure renewable materials meet responsible sourcing standards, lifecycle performance, recyclability, and compliance requirements
- Support qualification and scaling of high recycled and renewable content materials
- Drive supplier engagement and certification for sustainable material sourcing
3. Design for Circularity (DfC)
- Embed circularity principles into product design, including durability, modularity, repairability, upgradeability, disassembly, and recyclability
- Partner with R&D teams to influence product architecture and material choices
- Align product design with ecolabels and sustainability standards
4. Reuse, Repair, and Takeback
- Advance lifecycle extension strategies, including repair and refurbishment systems, device life extension and reuse programs, and reverse supply chain optimization
- Scale reuse of products and components across HP portfolios
- Integrate reuse into sustainability metrics and operational models
5. Circularity Data & Digital Systems
- Partner with digital and data teams to advance enterprise data platforms, packaging and product data sources, and sustainability reporting and data integration
- Improve data accuracy, traceability, and auditability, and support compliance with regulatory requirements
- Enable data-driven decision-making, reporting, and audit readiness
6. Cross-Functional Leadership
- Lead collaboration across engineering, procurement, supply chain, and sustainability teams
- Engage suppliers to drive circular and renewable material innovation
- Contribute to external partnerships and industry initiatives
- Drive end-to-end execution from material sourcing to design to product to reverse supply chain
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Materials, Packaging, Environmental, or related)
- 8-12+ years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated expertise in circular economy and sustainable materials, packaging engineering and/or materials science, and recycled and/or renewable materials integration
- Experience working across global supply chains
- Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Engineering or related field
- Experience in electronics, manufacturing, or consumer hardware
- Knowledge of EU CSRD / ESRS, ecolabels (EPEAT, TCO, Blue Angel), and digital transformation and data systems
- Experience with lifecycle assessment (LCA) and circular services (reuse, refurbishment, ITAD)
- Familiarity with sustainably sourced renewable materials and certifications, advanced recycling technologies, and critical raw materials
Salary: The pay range for this role is $116,150 to $182,400 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity.
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure, 11 paid holidays, and additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave