Technology Engineer (Packaging)

Company Description

About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

About Avery Dennison Smartrac

Built on a legacy of innovation and materials science, Avery Dennison Smartrac has embarked on a new era of opportunity - for every item to have a unique digital identity. Our technology has the capability to enable a world of connectivity - connecting both products and people. A world where the 'who, what and where of every product, become points of irrefutable fact and absolute visibility. Traceability, transparency, provenance, authenticity, raw material tracing, real-time inventory, and personalization are guaranteed for businesses and consumers throughout the entire supply chain, cradle to cradle. At its most simple, we are a leading Fortune 500 company making the Internet of Things a positive, transformative, worldwide reality for all of us. And we want you to be part of our journey! 

Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

As a member of the RFID Technical Team, this role is responsible for working with our global product teams to bring innovative new products & ideas to life at significant scale

Responsibilities

• Lead and enable the qualification of new products and processes for RFID and Intelligent Label technology
• Regularly collaborate with the Global Research & Development (R&D) and Product Line Management (PLM) teams to understand customer and product requirements
• Work jointly with cross-functional teams, locally & abroad, in the US, EU, and Asia to engineer process solutions to enable the manufacture innovative products at scale
• Arrange, execute, and observe while leading the engineering trials. This will require comfort with occasionally operating the equipment
• Conduct product testing and data analysis. Work with local New Product Development (NPD) team to ensure new products meet requirements for release
• Provide timely and accurately detailed test reports and analysis
• Actively participate in product review and discussion of test results and other data
• Identify key process parameters & best practices; clearly document SOPs to ensure clean roll-outs to other manufacturing facilities and long-term manufacturing consistency
• Act as technical support for the period immediately following roll-outs; occasional travel for on-site support will be required.
• Work with the Global Quality team to create PFMEAs and Quality Control Plans for new processes and equipment

Qualifications

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING TO THE TEAM: 

Avery Dennison has a long history of being a market leader.  Your history is important to us. It should include the following: 

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related considered

Requirements

• 3-5 Years Semiconductor Process Engineering experience required
• Experience in the manufacture of products that require the attachment and integration of semiconductors required
• Experience with system hardware/software setup and integration required
• Experience creating 2D & 3D drawings in AutoCAD & Solidworks (or related)
• Experience with six sigma and lean manufacturing
• Working knowledge of printing, converting, coating, and/or CNC technologies preferred
• Experience with PLC programming preferred
• Proven leadership skills – able to influence and motivate others
• High Energy, passion for excellence, bias for action
• Excellent technical skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Attention to details, ability to consistently follow detailed procedures and provide accurate and complete reports
• Effective oral and written communication skills; ability to effectively present complex topics in a concise manner