Packaging Engineer, Wood & Plywood Solutions

Last application date

2026-11-01

Packaging Engineer, Nefab Packaging Americas 

Nefab Group is on a growth journey and we are dependent on high-performance people to succeed, and we are now looking for a Packaging Design Engineer to join our team in Nefab.

As a Packaging Engineer for wood and plywood solutions, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between innovative packaging design and high-volume, cost-efficient manufacturing. You will review, optimize, and approve existing packaging designs for manufacturability, while also developing new design concepts that meet performance, cost, and production objectives. You will contribute to ensuring that Nefab's wood and plywood packaging solutions are engineered for quality, scalability, and profitability from concept through commercialization.

You will be part of the Operations organization, working cross-functionally with Project Managers, Sales, Sourcing, and Technical Account Managers (TAM). In this role, you will engage early in the design process to understand customer needs, collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and TAMs to ensure designs are optimized for production and assembly before customer approval, and support prototyping and sample validation across the region. You will also lead continuous improvement initiatives and help standardize proven design solutions across similar applications and product segments throughout the Nefab organization.

This position is located in [insert location], and you will report to [insert position].

Do you want to be part of a global organization and contribute to our growth journey? Apply today!


Your Profile 

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Wood Products Engineering, Forest Products Engineering, Packaging Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
  • 8+ years of experience in wood and plywood packaging design for manufacturing, preferably in a high-volume manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated expertise in Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly principles
  • Strong knowledge of wood species, plywood construction, material properties, and wood conversion processes including cutting, machining, routing, fastening, and assembly
  • Proven experience evaluating and optimizing existing designs to improve manufacturing efficiency, reduce material waste, simplify assembly, and enhance product quality
  • Proficiency in CAD software for design review
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with Sales, Sourcing, Operations, and Technical Account Managers

Company Values and Ways of Working 

Our core values are Simplicity, Empowerment and Respect. Our ways of working are characterized by Customer First, Cooperation, and Communication. This means that we are always putting customers first, through cooperation and communication. We respect each other and the environment. People are empowered to grow and innovate to simplify. 

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Nefab is an equal opportunity employer, embracing diversity and inclusion. We are committed to building teams with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe everyone has talent, and therefore welcome all applications. 

We are part of the Nefab Group, which was founded in 1949 and is a world leading global provider of sustainable packaging solutions and logistics optimization services. Nefab saves environmental and financial resources by optimizing supply chains. We do this by innovating together with our customers to create smarter packaging and logistics solutions while always respecting people and high ethical standards. This contributes to a better tomorrow for our customers, for society, and for the environment.  

With more than 75 years of experience combined with competence and presence in 38 countries, we offer global solutions and local service worldwide to companies in industries such as Telecom, Datacom, Semicon, Energy, Healthcare equipment, Mining & Construction, and LiB & E-mobility. Nefab Group has around 5,000 employees with a yearly turnover of 10.3 BSEK. The owners are the Nordgren/Pihl family and FAM AB, a privately owned holding company within the Wallenberg Ecosystem. 

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