Associate Director, Packaging Engineer

Company Description

Insmed is a global biopharmaceutical company on a mission to transform the lives of patients living with serious and rare diseases. Our most valuable resource is our employees, and everything we do is motivated by a patients-first mentality. We are dedicated to growing our team with talented individuals from around the world who are willing to challenge the status quo, solve problems, and work collaboratively with a sense of urgency and compassion.

Guided by our core values of collaboration, accountability, passion, respect, and integrity, we aim to foster an inclusive, diverse, and flexible work environment, where our employees are recognized for leaning in and rolling up their sleeves. If you share our vision and want to work with the most dedicated people in the biopharma industry, come to Insmed to accelerate your career.

Recognitions

 

Consistently Ranked Science’s Top Employer

Insmed is dedicated to creating a collaborative environment where our team can thrive. Every day, our employees turn their passion for science and research into innovative solutions for patients. That’s why we’ve been named the No. 1 company to work for in the biopharma industry in Science’s Top Employers survey for four years in a row.

 

  

 

 

A Certified Great Place to Work®

We believe our company is truly special, and our employees agree. In July 2025, we became Great Place to Work-certified in the U.S. for the fifth year in a row. We are also honored to have been listed on the Best Workplaces in Biopharma™, Best Workplaces in New York™, PEOPLE® Companies That Care, Best Workplaces for Women™, Best Workplaces for Millennials™, and Best Medium Workplaces™ lists.

  

 

Overview

Insmed is seeking a talented and motivated AD, Packaging Engineer to join our team at our Bridgewater, NJ headquarters. This is a hybrid role that offers a blend of on-site and remote work opportunities. As a Packaging Engineer at Insmed, you will play a crucial role in developing and optimizing packaging solutions for our innovative drug products. You will lead packaging development projects from concept to implementation, ensuring that our packaging meets all regulatory requirements, protects product integrity, and enhances user experience. The individual will conduct packaging development projects from initiation through clinical and commercial manufacture (launch & beyond). Projects will consist of modifications of packaging for existing products as well as the development of packaging for new products. The individual will be responsible for meeting timelines, finding solutions to problems, managing expectations, and delivering to those expectations. The individual will have accountability to their packaging projects to assure they meet quality and consumer expectations while maintaining project schedule and budgets. Under limited manager supervision, the individual will also work closely with quality, finance, procurement, regulatory, engineering, operations, consultants and outside vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead packaging development projects utilizing various materials related to pharmaceutical packaging (plastics, glass, films, fiberboard, corrugated,)
• Execute projects encompassing primary through tertiary packaging development including labeling and combination product kits
• Generation/Review and approval of test plans and reports for packaging validation
• Creating and maintaining timelines
• Completion of qualification programs for new package designs and materials
• Implementation of cost-saving initiatives related to package designs and materials
• Initiate/Review of Change Controls, Deviations, & CAPAs related to packaging components
• Conduct hands-on evaluation of packaging for conformance to project and regulatory requirements.
• Oversight responsibilities for commercial packaging sites and CMO’s
• Travel to vendor and manufacturing locations for support of packaging project activities (up to 20% travel).

Education and Experience

• BS degree in Package Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Sciences
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical or medical device packaging
• A preference will be towards candidates that have experience in pharmaceutical packaging areas.

Skills and Competencies

• Primary through tertiary packaging development for new product launch
• Coordination and completion of qualification for new package designs and materials
• Development of component specifications
• Basic Knowledge across different packaging materials / converting methods:
  • Corrugated containers
  • Folding cartons (solid fiberboard)
  • Plastic bottles/Gla