R&D Food Technologist

Ruiz Foods • Frisco, TX

9h • $90,000 - $120,000

About The Position

We’re hiring an R&D Food Technologist to help develop, improve, and commercialize high-quality food products. This role is ideal for a technically strong food science professional who enjoys hands-on product development, formulation, plant trials, sensory evaluation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science required.
• Food product development experience, including formulation, ingredient functionality, sensory evaluation, and commercialization.
• Experience supporting bench-top development, plant trials, scale-up, or initial production runs.
• Strong project management, communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• 5–7 years of food industry experience in R&D, product development, formulation, commercialization, or related technical work preferred.
• Strong understanding of food ingredients, processing, sensory evaluation, product quality, and scale-up activities.
• Ability to turn technical findings into clear recommendations for product, customer, and business decisions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop new product concepts, prototypes, formulations, and product improvements from idea through commercialization.
• Plan and execute bench-top testing, sensory evaluations, plant trials, and initial production runs.
• Evaluate ingredients, functionality, processing conditions, and product performance to support innovation, quality, and cost objectives.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Procurement, suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders to move projects forward.
• Maintain accurate product development records, specifications, trial notes, and project documentation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level