United States onlyWho You Are:
You are someone who blends creativity, curiosity, and technical know-how to bring thoughtful, sustainable packaging solutions to life. You love turning big ideas into practical designs that protect our products, delight families, and reflect our commitment to doing what’s best for people and the planet. You thrive on collaboration, partnering across teams, suppliers, and co-packers to make things work smarter and smoother from concept to shelf. You take pride in the details, balancing innovation with efficiency to keep quality and care at the heart of everything you do.
The Task at Hand:
The Packaging Engineer reports directly to the Director of Operations and Engineering and is responsible for developing and managing packaging solutions from concept through commercialization. This role ensures design alignment with brand standards, sustainability goals, and regulatory requirements while maintaining manufacturability, cost-effectiveness, and product integrity. The Packaging Engineer partners cross-functionally and with external suppliers to design, test, validate, and optimize packaging; owns specifications and documentation within company systems; and drives continuous improvement and innovation across the portfolio.
In This Role, You Will:
- Partner cross-functionally from concept to launch, translating brand vision into manufacturable, consumer-ready packaging
- Design and optimize packaging for efficiency in manufacturing and co-packing (line compatibility, automation readiness, waste reduction)
- Ensure packaging preserves product quality while achieving sustainability goals (recyclability, source reduction, lifecycle analysis, certifications, regulatory reporting)
- Establish and enforce packaging quality standards, ensuring compliance with internal, regulatory, and customer requirements
- Conduct and validate packaging tests (lab, transit/drop, line trials) to ensure robust supply chain performance
- Manage and qualify suppliers and converters with Procurement, including trials and capability assessments
- Troubleshoot packaging and material issues with suppliers, operations, and co-manufacturers
- Lead optimization initiatives such as spec updates, material transitions, and cost-reduction projects
- Maintain accurate packaging specifications and technical documentation in asset management systems
- Stay informed on industry trends, materials, and technologies to guide packaging innovation
- Support compliance and reporting related to packaging regulations, sustainability requirements, and customer standards
In This Role, You’ll Bring With You:
- Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related field required
- 5-7 years of packaging engineering experience in food or beverage creation, reviewing, evaluating, and maintaining packaging required
- Club packaging experience, ideally with Costco or a similar customer
- Experience with specification and technical document (die lines, pallet patterns) creation and management required
- Recent professional experience working with organic products or baby food preferred
- Prior professional experience in sustainable packaging initiatives, highly valued
- Proficiency with High-Pressure Processing (HPP) and a strong understanding of packaging materials, testing methods, and standards (FDA, ASTM, ISTA) related to HPP require
- Able to organize and execute packaging projects, including laboratory and plant-based evaluations
- Strong teamwork and communication skills for effective cross-functional collaboration
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft Suite, Outlook, Slack, and other professional platforms
- Up to 10% travel required: Although this role is a remote work-from-home position, we “Farmers” do meet as a company and/or department at least once a year. You should also anticipate possible travel to farms in the supply chain and occasional conferences
- A genuine passion for improving childhood nutrition for a healthier and happier planet
- Desire to contribute to a dynamic, high-growth, purpose-driven work environment
- Must reside in the United States to be considered for this position
- Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position
Compensation:
- Full-Time, Salaried, Exempt
- The anticipated salary range for this position is $100,000.00 - $135,000.00. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a few factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses, stipends, equity, and role-specific perks.
Additional:
- Remote-first work environment
- Annual Bonus
- 401(k) program + 4% company match after three months
- New Hire Remote Life Stipend + annual Nourish and Nurture Allowance
- Monthly Cell and Internet Stipend
- Quarterly Farm-to-Fridge home deliveries and Employee Discounts
- New Parents: Up to 18 weeks of paid Parental Leave, Baby Steps Back To Work, 3 months’ supply of Once Upon A Farm products, and breast milk shipping service and support for those who travel after birth for the duration of your breastfeeding journey
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Volunteer Time
- Paid Time Off to fulfill civic responsibilities, including jury duty and voting in local, state, and national elections
- Medical Insurance for the employee, covered at 100% on select plans, with additional plan options at a reduced cost to the employee
- Vision and Dental Insurance, covered at 100% for the employee and dependents
- Life insurance
- Flexible spending account (Medical & Dependent Care) and Health savings accounts for applicable plans
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- All other benefits, leaves, and insurance as required by law, based on your specific residence
- And so much more!
Who We Are
Our Purpose: Drive systemic improvement in childhood nutrition for a healthier, happier, and more equitable world.
Our Business: At Once Upon a Farm, farm-fresh taste grows here. We're on a greater mission in providing organic, crave-worthy snacks and meals for children of all ages. Our recipes are crafted with only the best organic ingredients – whole fruits and veggies, cold-pressed (our pouches), or freshly frozen (our meals) to perfection– to support your growing kids at every stage. Each of our organic, non-GMO, non-dairy recipes contains no added sugar and are free from artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives – just simple, real, nutritious snacks your entire family will love.
We support and champion farmers who supply the highest-quality organic ingredients for our foods. We help parents keep their promise to provide the best nourishment for their children’s bodies and souls. We treat our consumers, customers, suppliers, investors, and all our valued employees with the same high level of dignity and respect that we expect from others. We will always fight for and support efforts to drive positive social change and food justice for the benefit of parents, kids, and families. Lastly, we foster an entrepreneurial and collaborative culture that values humility, honesty, passion, positive social impact, and fun.
Our Team: We’re all fully remote, which makes us a highly collaborative, dynamic, and supportive bunch. We share a singular mission to make the world a better place through the highest quality, most delicious, nourishing, and nutritious products made accessible to every home, from our farms to your fridge. And while we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in one another's success.
Once Upon a Farm is a purpose-driven brand made up of an inclusive group of individuals with diverse backgrounds, passions, and beliefs. We hire self-motivated, independent thinkers and those who are genuinely passionate about improving childhood nutrition for a healthier and happier planet. Bring your whole self to your work at Once Upon a Farm, a proud equal-opportunity employer. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use.
In an effort to help us remove unconscious bias from our resume review process, we ask that you please remove all identifying information from your resume (like profile photos) before you upload it. Once Upon a Farm is committed to cultivating an inclusive environment where a diverse group of people can and want to do their best work, and that starts with our hiring practices.
Once Upon a Farm, PBC, provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants in all company facilities without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, cast, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer-related or HIV/AIDS-related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
This job description is a summary of duties; it is by no means an all-inclusive list but is merely a broad guide of expected duties.
You must reside in the United States to be considered for this position.
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