AG1
Packaging Engineer (4-Month Contract)
Remote - US · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 11 days ago
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About the role
- AG1 is scaling rapidly across DTC, retail, and international markets, with a portfolio expansion to meet the needs of our growing business and innovation goals.
- This is a 4-month contractor position expected to work 50 hours/week minimum.
- The location is fully remote (US-based) with occasional travel to copackers and suppliers.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain packaging specs in the PLM system (Oracle) across PA (packaging), PR (welcome/promo), FG (finished goods), CX, FA, and MM SKU categories.
- Review and validate dielines, structural specifications, material specifications, technical data sheets and bill-of-materials for all new and revised packaging components.
- Support and provide back up for SKU and UPC creation requests through the established intake process (Asana request form and SKU approval channel), maintaining a 48-hour turnaround target.
- Partner with PLM, Regulatory, Sourcing, and Quality teams to keep spec data accurate, audit-ready, and aligned with master SKU hierarchies.
- Partner with global suppliers for data and document collection.
- Manage master versus variant skus and own assignation as it relates to new SKUs
- Support development and qualification of primary packaging including stick-packs, sachets (3-side and 4-side seal), pouches, tubs, and bottles.
- Partner with copackers and film suppliers on dieline confirmation, film thickness and structure confirmation, trial runs, and commercial qualification.
- Collect data and provide expert insights on trade-off discussions (e.g., 2.5mil vs 3mil film, 3-side vs 4-side seal) using cost, lead-time, supply-chain redundancy, and shelf-stability data.
- Manage sample requests, ship tests, and pilot fills
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Packaging Science, Mechanical/Industrial Engineering, or equivalent technical field.
- 5+ years of hands-on packaging engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of both primary and secondary packaging development.
- Experience in dietary supplements, pharmaceuticals, nutritional/private-label, food & beverage, or comparable cGMP-regulated CPG environment.
- Working knowledge of FDA 21 CFR Part 111, NSF certification processes, and dietary supplement labeling requirements.
- comfort working directly with copackers, converters, and print suppliers.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting retail rollouts including pallet configurations, shipper qualification, and retailer-specific packaging requirements.
- Familiarity with sustainability frameworks: FSC, How2Recycle, PCR content, and US state EPR regulations.
- Experience with welcome kit / unboxing experience design and component coordination.
- WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Competitive compensation and performance-based incentive plans.
- A strong company culture that is enforced through the hiring process to ensure values alignment and a highly collaborative team.
- A high-growth, dynamic environment with opportunities for your direct impact to be felt.
- A work environment and culture that is based on high performance, productivity and continuous improvement.
Compensation
- Competitive compensation and performance-based incentive plans.
Benefits
- A mission-driven approach to everything that we do, with an overall goal to significantly improve our customers' health and wellness.
Company info
- At the heart of AG1 lies a commitment to our mission to empower people to take ownership of their health. Since 2010, we've dedicated ourselves to bringing Foundational Nutrition to people around the world.
- Our ethos is deeply rooted in science, with an unwavering dedication to continuous improvement. We leverage and contribute to the latest research to deliver a powerful, straightforward solution for optimal health to our customers. We harness the finest ingredients so that every scoop of AG1 gives you the nutrients you need with the simplicity you want in a daily routine.
- Likewise, our organization puts the same energy into creating an environment that is a reflection of the cultural values that define who we are and how we work together. These seven values- One Spectacular Life, Customer Obsessed, Radical Ownership, High Performance, Courage, Amazing Humans and Continuous Pursuit of Excellence -are a representation of the high standards we set, and hold ourselves accountable to, when it comes to building our global team.
- At the heart of AG1 lies a commitment to our mission to empower people to take ownership of their health.
- Since 2010, we've dedicated ourselves to bringing Foundational Nutrition to people around the world.
- Our ethos is deeply rooted in science, with an unwavering dedication to continuous improvement.
- We leverage and contribute to the latest research to deliver a powerful, straightforward solution for optimal health to our customers.
- We harness the finest ingredients so that every scoop of AG1 gives you the nutrients you need with the simplicity you want in a daily routine.
- Likewise, our organization puts the same energy into creating an environment that is a reflection of the cultural values that define who we are and how we work together.
- These seven values- One Spectacular Life, Customer Obsessed, Radical Ownership, High Performance, Courage, Amazing Humans and Continuous Pursuit of Excellence -are a representation of the high standards we set, and hold ourselves accountable to, when it comes to building our global team.
- The opportunity to work with passionate, high-growth, business-minded colleagues who bring their all to our mission each and every day.
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