Tanner R.
Senior Packaging Engineer and Development
I am a Senior Packaging Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, validating, and launching packaging for global consumer electronics brands. I specialize in taking packaging from early concept through mass production while reducing cost, risk, and complexity. My background spans structural packaging design, supplier development, quality validation, and end to end project ownership. I have led packaging programs at scale, partnering directly with industrial design, manufacturing, supply chain, and suppliers across Asia and North America. What I do best • Structural packaging design using corrugated, paperboard, and molded pulp • Cost reduction through material optimization, cube efficiency, and TCO analysis • Supplier onboarding, DFM alignment, and manufacturing readiness • Packaging specifications, quality documentation, and testing validation (ISTA, ASTM, ISO) • Risk mitigation during NPI, EVT through mass production • Clear communication with both technical teams and business stakeholders Proven results • Over $1M in cumulative packaging cost savings • Up to 35% package size reduction on shipped products • 20% improvement in cube efficiency • 95% reduction in field and transit related packaging issues • Led packaging for 20+ consumer product programs from prototype to launch
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $3.6k
Billed in all: $4,219$4.2k
$595 in the last 6 months
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: #1 in 1 skill of 6
Rarest: top 5% in ArtiosCAD, of 21. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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