Now Hiring: Food Scientist
Salary Range: 85K - 100K
Reports To: Sr. Food Scientist
Position OverviewReporting to a Senior Scientist, the Food Scientist provides technical expertise in developing, maintaining, and optimizing recipes for new and existing products. This role plays a key part in product innovation, supporting projects from concept through commercialization.
Key Responsibilities- Lead product development to meet nutritional, ingredient, and quality targets
- Manage scale-up and commercialization processes
- Maintain accurate documentation of recipe changes
- Drive product development discussions and cross-functional collaboration
- Source and evaluate new ingredients for innovation and cost optimization
- Manage multiple projects through all stages of the development lifecycle
- Develop product specifications, formulations, and processing parameters
- Support nutritional labeling (NLEA) and certification requirements
- Execute plant trials, customer samples, and product launches
- Coordinate sample shipments for customer evaluation
- Partner with teams across procurement, marketing, operations, quality, and regulatory
- Support cost-saving initiatives through product and process improvements
- Ensure compliance with food safety standards (GFSI, HACCP, GMP) and company policies
- Prepare technical reports and interpret scientific data to support development
- Travel up to 30%, including international, as needed
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in food science, Nutrition, Culinary, or related field
- 3-5 years of experience in product development and commercialization
- Knowledge of food safety, quality systems, HACCP, and GMPs
- Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Self-motivated with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Preferred Qualifications- Master's degree in a related field
- Experience with aseptic or high-temperature processing
- Background in low-acid or dairy-based sauce formulation
- Knowledge of sauce and/or beverage ingredient technologies
Salary Description
85K - 100K
