SrPackagingEngineer

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us. Join us at a pivotal moment where innovation meets sustainability. As a Senior Packaging Engineer, you won’t just design packaging: you’ll shape how products move across the globe in a world of rapidly evolving environmental expectations. This new role is your opportunity to build something from the ground up, driving smarter, leaner, and greener packaging solutions across all Itron manufacturing global locations. You’ll be the expert who brings clarity to complexity: optimizing packaging for PCBA and finished goods, ensuring compliance with new regulations (EU and others), and championing reusable solutions that support our long-term circularity goals. Embedded in high-impact programs (both New Product Introduction (NPI) and sustaining engineering) you will collaborate across functions, influence decision-making, and bring fresh thinking where it’s urgently needed. ## _**Responsibilities**_ ### _Design & Development_ * Develop and optimize packaging solutions for PCBA and finished goods globally. * Ensure packaging designs comply with evolving environmental regulations and sustainability standards while drive simplification. * Create and update technical documentation, specifications, and test protocols. ### __Cross-Functional Collaboration__ * Be part of NPI teams, contributing to early design and industrialization discussions. Influence decisions across diverse teams, ensuring packaging considerations are integrated early and effectively. * Collaborate with sustaining engineering teams to improve existing packaging performance and reduce cost. * Work closely with manufacturing sites, supply chain, quality, external partners, and suppliers. ### __Operational & Regulatory Excellence_ _ * Stay current on new regulations related to environmental impact, reuse systems, recyclability, and wa