Do you have experience within secondary packaging? Do you thrive working with product development projects in a truly global setting? Do you like to be self-driven and utilise your toolbox consisting of project management and Packaging Development? Would you like to join a team which develops the entire range of Novo Nordisk secondary packaging solutions? Then you could be the profile we are looking for as Design Engineer in Secondary Packaging. Apply today and join us in Hillerød for a life-changing career.

The position As Senior Secondary Packaging Engineer in Future Secondary Packaging & Product Communication, you will be responsible for developing the Secondary Packaging for our Medical Device products. You will develop specifications using CAD software and be responsible for coordinating the design input, from a wide range of stakeholders both in Novo Nordisk and external partners. Your Design Input will come from our Mechanical Engineers, Graphic Designers, User Communications Developers, Machine builders and external suppliers. You will primarily work with products in R&D, but you will also be involved in product Design Transfer from Development to our colleagues in Product Maintenance. To succeed in this role, you will develop solutions to match the needs of our patients as well as our stakeholders, using your design expertise, patient-oriented approach, and your understanding of upstream and downstream processes. As such, your role is to safeguard the product functionality holistically, to ensure the best trade-off decisions are made to the benefit of the company and our patients. You can look forward to a position where your work has a high impact on the packaging of the device products that reach the patients. Where you have access to our own prototyping workshop and can work iteratively with your design. Qualifications To succeed in this role, we expect you to have:
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree withing engineering or similar. Alternatively, you have experience within Secondary Packaging Development
• Experience with Design Control or experience from working in or with a highly regulated industry, e.g., medico or pharmaceuticals, automotive or aerospace. You could have a background within printing/converting
• Experience with CAD and/or IMPACT, MS Office and master IT systems in general
• Technical flair and familiar with technical drawings and construction
• It is an advantage if you have knowledge of secondary packaging raw materials
• Language proficiency in both written and spoken English at a professional level As a person you have good interpersonal skills, a collaborative attitude, and can accept compromising to accommodate different countering trade-offs. You have a high degree of flexibility as the tasks are varied, and the priority of projects and tasks may change. You are good at keeping an overview of your tasks and you are analytical and systematic and have excellent communication skills. Besides you are capable of project planning to ensure timely delivery of your own and colleagues’ deliverables. About the department You will become a member of the Future Secondary Packaging & Product Communication team. The team is responsible for conceptualise and develop Secondary Packaging solutions and Product Communication. We sit within the broader area of Design & User Experience, also consisting of: User Research & Insights, Design, and Prototype Development. We are a group of 10 highly dedicated and committed employees with a shared passion for creating patient-centric Secondary Packaging and Product Communication solutions. DDS has a long and outstanding track-record of developing the best, most innovative, and widely used injection devices in the world. In the development of medical devices, we ensure that user insight and innovation go hand in hand with a strong quality mind-set. We are organised in a large device innovation area of experts, providing state-of-the-art knowledge across projects. Working at Novo Nordisk At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without letting perfection standing in the way of good. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care. Contact For further information, please contact Trine Østergaard Olsbjerg, Team leader Future Secondary Packaging & Product Communication : [email protected] Deadline 4 August 2023. We shall conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application as soon as possible. You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.