Packaging Excellence and Laboratory Engineer ( All Genders)

In this role you design and own the testing strategy for HelloFresh's Packaging Excellence program, aligning validation with product, supply chain, and business risk priorities. You identify validation gaps, develop new test protocols, and translate results into actionable input for packaging and supply chain decisions. You oversee lab infrastructure and ensure compliance, while partnering across Packaging, Food Safety, and Supply Chain to sustain high standards. You will shape how testing informs decisions and improvements at scale, contributing to safer, more efficient packaging operations.

• modern and comfortable working space
• discount for HelloFresh boxes
• development possibilities with internal trainings
• extensive onboarding
• 30 days of vacations
• company pension scheme

• Define and own the testing strategy for packaging materials, aligning validation plans with food safety, supply chain and product goals
• Identify gaps in validation coverage and design new test protocols to close them
• Oversee and continuously improve use of mechanical testing equipment, climate chambers, leak testers, and related lab infrastructure
• Analyze test data to identify trends, risks, and root causes, report findings and validation status to stakeholders, flagging risks proactively
• Own and evolve equipment/test Operating Procedures, ensuring methods reflect best practice
• Partner cross-functionally with Packaging, Food Safety, and Supply Chain to ensure business decisions and disruption mitigation
• Maintain lab standards (5S) and ensure compliance with safety policies

• 2+ years of experience in materials testing, packaging engineering, or a related lab/engineering environment
• Degree or strong background in Packaging Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• Strong data analysis skills; ability to translate technical results into business-relevant insights
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); familiarity with statistical or data analysis tools a plus
• Good English spoken and written; German is a plus
• Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills and a team-oriented mindset
• Regular, reliable, predictable attendance in the office

• cross-functional collaboration
• stakeholder management
• teamwork
• materials testing
• packaging engineering
• mechanical engineering