Junior Packaging Engineer

Hi there, we’re Article. We’re a North American based furniture company creating remarkably better furniture experiences one sofa at a time. And as the Junior Packaging Engineer, you’ll be responsible to support the development, validation, and maintenance of packaging and carton marking standards in alignment with Article’s requirements.

Why We Need You:

In the Industrial Engineering Team, the Junior Packaging Engineer will involve close collaboration with suppliers, internal teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure packaging quality, compliance, and efficiency.

Why Article?

While, we sell to the North American market, we work closely with a number of our manufacturing partners throughout Asia. As a result we have an office in Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where we currently have around 65 Particles (people of Article) working.

As a Particle (people of Article), you will have a high level of autonomy to solve challenging, meaningful problems the best way you can. That means you’re trusted to explore solutions you believe will work best (you’re the expert, after all). You’ll do all this while growing your skills within a company that is redefining the furniture industry.

What You’ll Do:

• You’ll be part of a team of 2 people, working to design, test, and optimize packaging solutions for furniture products to ensure safe transportation, cost efficiency, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

• Request, review, and validate carton marking and BOM packaging specifications, as well as testing reports from suppliers, to ensure compliance with Article’s standards. Maintain and update related documentation in the PINFO system.

• Communicate with suppliers on a daily basis. 40% travel to suppliers in HCMC and other regions of Vietnam is required.

• Assist senior engineers in maintaining and updating packaging and carton marking standards. Stay informed of Article’s policies and best practices.

• Analyze customer needs, anticipate issues, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions using insights and relevant information to support informed decisions.

• Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve team goals, build trust, and support Article’s strategy through active listening, idea sharing, and feedback integration.

Who You Are:

• 2+ years’ packaging design/development experience, preferably in the furniture industry.

• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator.

• Strong data analysis skills (Tableau/Power BI is a plus).

• Solid packaging materials knowledge; corrugated, honeycomb, foam (EPE/EPS/PE), wood crate, plastic, palletization.

• Familiar with FedEx 6A, 3B testing standards.

• Good English communication (written & verbal).

• Strong problem-solving and project management skills.

• Ability to work under pressure, cross-functionally, and with overseas suppliers.