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Tanner R.

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

🇺🇸Irvine, United States$75/hr95% JSS5.00 (3)Since Mar 2024

Earnings and projects

MRR
$595

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#70,564 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#10,688 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $3.6k

Total earnings
$4.1k

Billed in all: $4.2k

World#270,940 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#42,419 / 62.1k
Per project
$459

$595 in the last 6 months

World#190,626 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#31,874 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
6
67% fixed33% hourly
World#34,405 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#4,906 / 62.1k
Projects in all
9
67% fixed33% hourly
World#212,268 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#30,262 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$4.2kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$4,150$4,200$4,250$4,300Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

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.

  1. 1ArtiosCAD21 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 5%
  2. #77Sustainability478 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #16Top 16%
  3. #81Packaging Dieline394 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #14Top 21%
  4. #592Prototyping3,352 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #85Top 18%
  5. #1,1373D Rendering7,060 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #160Top 16%
  6. #3,830Project Management18,568 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #807Top 21%