Job DescriptionSandisk is looking for a Senior Packaging Industrial Designer to join global industrial design team to design 3D structural packaging solutions for world-class consumer storage products. This role is ideal for an industrial designer with demonstrated experience in high-volume consumer packaging.
You will champion out-of-box experience, brand identity, sustainability, and manufacturability to strengthen Sandisk's leadership in consumer technology design and user experience.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:- Develop structural packaging designs for a range of product categories, including portable & desktop SSDs, USB drives, memory cards, readers, and accessories.
- Explore innovative packaging solutions that enhance out-of-box experience and product presentation on the shelf.
- Support development of packaging design systems that can be applied towards different product categories.
- Partner with packaging artwork designers to ensure brand identity, product messaging, and product imagery can be executed well.
- Engage with insights and product marketing team to evaluate packaging solutions for specific user segments and use cases.
- Collaborate with packaging engineers and suppliers to translate concepts into manufacturable and durable product packaging.
- Review supplier samples as needed with packaging design system to ensure design integrity is maintained.
- Engage with suppliers and other resources to identify new materials and processes to improve sustainability and elevate overall user experience.
QualificationsRequired:- Bachelor's degree in industrial design or equivalent.
- Must have 5-7+ years of structural packaging design experience for high-volume consumer products.
- Demonstrated success in designing packaging with best-in-class out-of-box experience across different product tiers and categories.
- Strong understanding of packaging materials, processes, and finishes, including manufacturability, cost, sustainability, and trends.
- Ability to incorporate packaging artwork elements, such as branding, messaging, and imagery into structural packaging designs.
- Ability to solve problems with other functional groups.
- Excellent visual and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Advanced proficiency in 3D CAD modeling (SolidWorks), rendering (Keyshot) and 2D design tools (Adobe Creative Cloud).
Compensation & Benefits Details- An employee's pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
