Position Title:  Sr. Engineer - eVapor

Sr. Engineer - eVapor

Be a part of a revolutionary change.

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

It’s so rare in R&D that everything aligns to create the ideal conditions for outstanding work. Right now, at PMI, that’s exactly what’s happening. R&D is the driving force for our bold new vision: to replace cigarettes with a revolutionary portfolio of alternative products.

Join us and you’ll have the resources, support and technology you need to break new ground and see ideas come to life. You’ll be surrounded by some of the brightest scientists in their fields, with fast access to subject experts and commercial decision-makers.

If you’re creative, courageous and ready to take risks, you can make a huge impact and propel your career in an endless number of directions. Ultimately, by delivering our smoke-free and beyond nicotine future

Your ‘day to day’

As a Sr. Engineer - eVapor - you will strengthen the foundations that enable robust product innovation and development, providing end-to-end safety evaluations support across the product lifecycle through Safety Evaluations management, test oversight, result pre assessment, and issue resolution.

You will act as a strategic specialist with Product Safety, Quality, CMF, Product Development and material innovation teams, use CAD-based design analysis to actively assess and optimize product designs where needed. You will also evaluate new and alternative materials (e.g., recyclable and biodegradable solutions) and translate technical, chemical, and safety insights into design and material choices. In addition, you will enable safe, compliant, and forward-looking product development and innovation.

More specifically, you'll

• Ensure by design Safety and Compliance of products by driving correct interpretation, application, and execution of requirements as well as assessments across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure internally and externally a clear and consistent understanding of Safety expectations, requirements, and objectives, particularly during characterization and critical development phases.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of product design, CAD models, materials, and functionalities to ensure safety assessments are scientifically sound and contextually accurate.
• Analyze product designs using CAD (Solid Works or equivalent) to identify potential risks and constraints and proactively propose design modifications or alternatives to mitigate safety risks while preserving product functionality and performance.
• Be responsible for the preparation, coordination, and follow up of Safety Assessments, ensuring requested tests and analyses are properly defined, performed, and tracked to completion in line with QS requirements. Perform first level scientific review of test results and analyses to assess relevance, quality, and consistency prior to final assessments.
• Provide experienced support to Quality in the resolution of safety related nonconformities or issues arising from design and laboratory activities.
• Be accountable for driving evaluation of new and alternative materials (recycled, recyclable, biodegradable), including assessment of technical, chemical, and regulatory implications to enable compliant innovation.

Who we’re looking for

• Master’s degree in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent scientific or engineering area.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in product development environments where safety, materials, and design decisions are tightly coupled, ideally within regulated or compliance driven industries.
• Prior exposure to the eVapor development and regulatory environment is an asset.
• Expertise in material, chemical, and safety assessments, translating scientific constraints into robust design and material choices.
• Hands-on CAD experience to analyze product architecture, explore design alternatives, and support functional, manufacturable designs.
• Experience with innovative and sustainable materials, assessing technical and chemical implications early in development.
• Strong multi-functional collaboration with Product Safety, R&D, Quality, Design, and external partners, integrating science, design, and execution.
• High rigor in testing, data interpretation, documentation, and issue resolution, with a pragmatic and autonomous mindset.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English.

What we offer

Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress.

Join PMI and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: a smoke-free future.

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