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title: 'Senior Packaging Engineer at Wing'
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# Senior Packaging Engineer at Wing

- **Company:** Wing
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA
- **Compensation:** $211k–$224k
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://wing.com/careers/8661750002?gh_jid=8661750002

## Job description

About Wing:

Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on two continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.

## About the Role

Wing is looking for a Senior Packaging Design Engineer to join our team in Palo Alto, CA. Operating as a technical authority and key partner across hardware and operations, you will help define, design, and commercialize structural packaging solutions across logistics, customer-facing interactions, and specialized hardware projects. In this role, you will provide deep subject-matter expertise and Design for Manufacturability guidance to cross-functional partners—including providing specialized packaging design advice to aircraft design owners—while balancing structural protection, user experience, unit cost, and sustainability.

## What You’ll Do

- Provide packaging design expertise and technical guidance across logistics, customer touchpoints, and specialized hardware projects, collaborating closely with aircraft design owners to align packaging solutions with vehicle-level constraints.
- Select optimal materials and processes to balance structural integrity, cost, and user experience.
- Define test requirements for packaging tests and guide Contract Manufacturers in establishing evaluation methods for package designs, ensuring reliability and performance.
- Support equipment, line, and transit trials alongside cross-functional and manufacturing partners, establishing standard testing methodologies and analyzing empirical data to resolve root causes of field failures.
- Author and maintain comprehensive engineering documentation, including packaging specifications, CAD drawings, process instructions, and BOMs, while ensuring quality standards, artwork compliance, and regulatory documentation across product lines.
- Partner with Procurement and Operations to evaluate cost estimates, drive value analysis, and optimize packaging mass, landed costs, fulfillment speed, stack density, and material standardization.

## What You’ll Need

- Minimum of 8+ years of direct experience as a Packaging Design Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer, or Industrial Designer, with a track record of developing, validating, and commercializing complex packaging solutions.
- Advanced knowledge of packaging design principles, structural mechanics, converting/molding technologies, and hybrid packaging structures.
- Expert-level command of 2D/3D CAD platforms (e.g., ArtiosCAD, Esko, SolidWorks, CATIA) and palletization/pack-density software (e.g., CAPE, TOPS).
- Familiarity with industry-standard package testing protocols, including transit simulation and structural integrity testing, to ensure reliability across product life cycles.
- Outstanding communication skills, with a proven ability to translate user experience and operational requirements into technical specifications and explain DFM constraints clearly to diverse stakeholders.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in shared-ownership environments, navigate high-ambiguity trade-offs, and drive multiple complex projects to completion.
- Proven ability to convert product and business needs into detailed technical specifications for internal and external development initiatives.
- Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally as required.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below + bonus + equity + benefits. Wing’s salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Salary Range $211,000—$224,000 USD

Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wing's policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.

If you have a need that requires accommodation during the interview process due to a disability or special need, please let us know by completing our [Candidate Accommodations Request Form](https://forms.gle/5wEF3MvTtEckFyAM8).

## About Wing

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wing is an Alphabet company that operates a fleet of lightweight, highly automated delivery drones to transport small packages directly from businesses to homes in minutes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2012 (started in the labs of X, Alphabet's Moonshot Factory)
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed as individual founders; originated as a project within X (Alphabet's Moonshot Factory)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Drone Delivery / Last-Mile Logistics / Aviation Technology
- **Target customers**: B2B (retailers like Walmart, DoorDash) and B2C (consumers receiving deliveries)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We’re working to make delivery more convenient, sustainable, and accessible" [wing.com](https://wing.com/careers)

## Products & Services
- **Drone Delivery Service**: A fully operational, FAA-approved commercial drone delivery service that delivers small packages (food, medicine, household essentials) directly to homes in minutes. The service is integrated with major retailers like Walmart and DoorDash. [wing.com](https://wing.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Alphabet subsidiary)
- **Key Metric**: Over 1 million residential deliveries completed; operates one of the largest aircraft fleets in the world [wing.com](https://wing.com/about)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Alphabet Inc. (parent company), Walmart, DoorDash. Executive team includes experience across aerospace, technology, and consumer brands [wing.com](https://wing.com/about)
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Headcount of 465 employees (+11.6% YoY) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wing)
    - Expanding to nearly 20 U.S. metros with a network of 270+ Walmart stores for coast-to-coast U.S. scale (announced 2025/2026) [wing.com](https://wing.com/about)
    - Received first FAA Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate for drone operations in 2019 [wing.com](https://wing.com/about)
    - Strong partnerships with Walmart and DoorDash [wing.com](https://wing.com/about)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover advantage**: First company to receive FAA approval for commercial drone delivery to homes in the U.S. (2019).
- **Alphabet backing**: Deep resources, talent, and technological support from its parent company.
- **Proven scale**: Over 1 million deliveries and operating one of the largest aircraft fleets globally.
- **Regulatory expertise**: Pioneered the safety standards and regulatory framework for drone delivery in the U.S.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities and direction for growth**: Scaling the drone delivery network across the U.S. (targeting 270+ Walmart stores and 20 metros), strengthening partnerships with major retailers (Walmart, DoorDash), and expanding service hours and coverage areas [wing.com](https://wing.com/about).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Wing emphasizes a "respectful, collaborative, and open culture" and solving complex problems as a team. They describe their mission as "building an entirely new industry." [wing.com](https://wing.com/careers)
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Offers remote roles (especially in Software Engineering, Analytics, and Operations) alongside on-site positions in Palo Alto, CA and Dallas, TX [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=wing&token=7832926002&t=)
- **Notable Perks**:
    - Financial wellbeing: Competitive compensation, 401K matching, generous retirement plans, 1-on-1 financial coaches [wing.com](https://wing.com/careers)
    - Health and wellness: Top-tier healthcare providers, wellness & mental health programs, paid vacation, parental leave [wing.com](https://wing.com/careers)
    - Career development: Workshops, lunch & learns, fireside chats [wing.com](https://wing.com/careers)
- **Engineering Culture**: Teams work on complex problems in hardware engineering (battery, power systems, reliability), software engineering (navigation, machine learning, perception), and operations at scale. The company is building the future of delivery from scratch [wing.com](https://wing.com/careers).

## Sources
1. [wing.com - About](https://wing.com/about)
2. [wing.com - Careers](https://wing.com/careers)
3. [wing.com - Homepage](https://wing.com/)
4. [LinkedIn - Wing](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wing)
5. [Greenhouse - Wing Jobs](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=wing&token=7832926002&t=)

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