Food Scientist

The Food Scientist plays a critical role in developing, optimizing, and commercializing ingredient solutions that meet customer needs and manufacturing realities. This role is responsible for driving formulation excellence, supporting scale-up from bench to production, and ensuring products perform consistently, efficiently, and safely. The focus of the Food Scientist is practical problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and translating food science into commercially viable, manufacturable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and reformulate ingredient solutions including powders, pastes, butters, inclusions, and blends
• Lead formulation scale-up from bench to pilot to commercial production
• Troubleshoot formulation and processing challenges related to texture, viscosity, stability, oxidation, color, flavor, and shelf-life
• Partner with Operations to adapt formulations to equipment capabilities, line constraints, yields, and sanitation requirements
• Support and participate in plant trials, first production runs, and continuous improvement efforts
• Collaborate with Sales and customers to solve application challenges and support customer trials and approvals
• Clearly communicate technical tradeoffs and recommendations to customers and internal stakeholders
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation including specifications, technical data sheets, and sample notes
• Support cost-in-use optimization while maintaining product performance, quality, and clean-label objectives
• Maintain working knowledge of food safety, regulatory, labeling, and allergen requirements
• Support customer audits, specification development, and documentation requests
• Demonstrate ownership of projects from concept through commercialization and post-launch support

What Will You Need

• B.S. or M.S. in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field
• 5-7+ years of hands-on experience in ingredient manufacturing and/or food formulation
• Proven formulation experience with powders, pastes, butters, inclusions, or blends
• Customer-facing experience supporting technical discussions and trials
• Working knowledge of food safety, regulatory, and allergen requirements
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Able to read, write, and speak English fluently

What Will Put You Ahead

• Clean-Label reformulation experience and ability to optimize formulations for cost, functionality, and manufacturing practicality
• Experience supporting large CPG customers, customer trials, and product approvals
• Exposure to CAPEX-driven formulation changes or process improvements
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) speaking and communication skills a strong plus