Must be ONSITE in Boston, MA (Monday - Thursday) 

Junior Packaging Engineer

Wayfair is seeking a collaborative, self-motivated, and data-driven Packaging Engineer. Do you want to join a fast moving, high growth company where you can make an immediate impact on the business?  We are seeking bright, entrepreneurial individuals to help us drive the initiatives that will propel Wayfair from $3B to $10B and beyond.

Our Packaging Engineering team is looking for a Junior Packaging Engineer in our Boston office. This Engineer will work with the packaging engineering team on both small parcel packaging as well as LTL packaging. This individual will also help support some of our key packaging initiatives in our Boston headquarters and our warehouse network.     

What You'll Do

• Identify and develop new packaging concepts to meet both Wayfair and our suppliers’ packaging needs
• Work with a team of supplier engagement leads to diagnose problems and implement solutions to improve the customer experience
• Collaborate cross functionally with logistics, transportation, category management, and buying departments to find optimal solutions for a variety of product types
• Analyze data to identify trends and root causes of performance gaps, interpret results, and then recommend actionable solutions
• Perform and develop packaging testing protocols on both large and small parcel packaging  
• Help the team develop innovated and patentable packaging solutions
• Develop cost/benefit analyses on new and existing packaging designs throughout the Wayfair network
• Help with the new supplier onboarding process by reviewing suppliers’ packaging specs and providing recommendations in line with Wayfair’s standards

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Packaging Engineering preferred and with 0-3 years of relevant experience
• Packaging certifications and/or affiliations with packaging industry organization is a plus
• Protective packaging design experiences preferred
• Understanding different uses of materials and their applications within the protective packaging environment  
• Ability to think strategically and tactically within a dynamic, fast-paced organization
• Extremely collaborative and effective in a cross-functional environment
• Strong organizational skills to aid in driving processes and projects
• Innovative and R&D driven mindset to find best practices for packaging, quality control, and product design.  
• Ability to use 3D modeling software to create packaging concepts.
• Analytical thinker and ability to work and understand large datasets in Microsoft Excel 
• Ability to identify performance problems and leverage appropriate technical expertise to craft appropriate solutions
• 10-15% domestic travel 

 

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

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About Wayfair Inc.Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

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