Whoop
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Packaging
Boston, MA · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- You are a proactive engineer with strong problem-solving skills, technical creativity, and attention to detail.
- If you're energized by complex challenges, hands-on development, cross-functional collaboration, and the opportunity to ship packaging at scale, this role will push you-and reward you.
- This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA.
Responsibilities
- Own packaging components and assemblies from concept through manufacturing release
- Lead packaging design, development, qualification, and production ramp for WHOOP products and accessories.
- Create SolidWorks CAD models and packaging structures to support design exploration, prototyping, manufacturing development, and qualification
- Create and maintain technical documentation, including 3D files, 2D drawings, BOMs, specifications, and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
- Own component selection and BOM accuracy, balancing manufacturability, cost, quality, sustainability, and supply chain readiness
- Partner with Industrial Design teams to translate visual design intent into manufacturable packaging solutions across structure, material, print, graphics, color and finish
- Build prototypes and perform hands-on assembly for engineering evaluation, proof-of-concept development, design validation, and drive cross-functional decisions
- Perform root cause analyses to identify and resolve design, manufacturing, quality, and field issues
- Establish and improve packaging engineering best practices, documentation standards, and design review processes
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience developing packaging at scale, ideally for high volume consumer products or consumer electronics
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator for packaging dielines, graphic layout review, print documentation
- Experience creating and maintaining detailed 2D drawings, BOMs, ECOs, and component-level documentation.
- Experience designing packaging for high volume manufacturing, including automated and manual assembly processes
- Strong knowledge of packaging materials such as paperboard, molded pulp, corrugate, labels, films, adhesives, trays, inserts, and protective structures
- Working knowledge of print and graphic production techniques, including color and finish control, tolerancing, inspection criteria, and methods for maintaining consistency at scale
- Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across disciplines in a fast-paced environment.
- The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering, or a related field
- Strong SolidWorks CAD experience in part design, assemblies, configuration management, drawing creation, and efficient integration of DFM feedback
- Experience working directly with domestic and overseas suppliers through development, tooling, qualification, production ramp, and ongoing production support
- Skilled at hands-on prototyping, model making, assembly, and troubleshooting of packaging concepts
Compensation
- The WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.
Company info
- At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan.
- WHOOP operates with urgency because our mission demands it.
- At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience.
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