Packaging Engineering Intern

Come Run with Sasquatch as a Packaging Engineer Intern during the Summer of 2027 in Downtown Minneapolis, MN. As our packaging engineer intern, you will gain hands-on experience through formal and informal training, managing projects, attending events, networking with fellow interns, and working with key Jack Link’s leaders and team members. You will be a part of a cohort of interns across the company and at the completion of your internship, you will conduct a final presentation on your internship experience.  You will play a key role in the development and execution of corporate research, development, and innovation initiatives including new product innovation, product and process improvement, quality, and food safety. In this role, you will help us achieve our aggressive growth objectives through appropriate uses of technology and innovation in new product development, packaging, quality control, and operations.  Packaging Engineer Intern responsibilities: Work cross functionally, both internally and externally, to develop packaging for new product development and cost saving initiatives.  Identifying and researching potential new packaging platform opportunities as part of the new product development team.  Manage individual projects as assigned  Collaborate with Operations, QA, and other R&D staff to schedule and execute plant trials.  Log and maintain records of test procedures and net outcomes.  Document and maintain packaging specifications and pallet patterns.  Document and maintain finished good specifications.  Measurable output:  Develop a final presentation on their experience; highlighting project work, accomplishments, and insight on Jack Link’s as a company.  Complete of individual internship project  Work with primary and secondary production facilities to optimize distribution between plants, document any packaging failure, and present prospective solutions