Senior Application Scientist

Tri-K Industries, Inc. • Denville Township, NJ

49d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Applications Scientist develops skin and hair care formulations that showcase TRI-K’s Specialty Division portfolio. This role supports customers, Sales, R&D, and Technical Marketing through ingredient prototype development, formulation expertise, performance evaluation, and launch support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, Cosmetic Science, or related technical field required
• Minimum 3 years of personal care formulation or R&D experience required
• Experience with skin and/or hair care applications, prototype development, evaluation, troubleshooting, and customer-facing technical support.
• Strong creativity, problem-solving, commercial awareness, communication, organization, and collaboration skills required.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred
• Experience with new ingredient development or StageGate preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop market-relevant skin and hair care prototypes featuring TRI-K actives, specialty ingredients, and formulated solutions.
• Support new ingredient development, StageGate activities, product launches, and innovation pipeline priorities.
• Provide formulation guidance, troubleshooting, and technical support to customers, Sales, R&D, and internal teams.
• Create formulation kits, concepts, customer-facing technical content, and launch-support materials.
• Define the technical path forward for projects and new product development, including formulation strategy, feasibility considerations, key next steps, and cross-functional alignment.
• Partner with Technical Marketing on claims support, presentations, competitive insights, and customer engagement tools.
• Evaluate formulation feasibility, cost position, market fit, differentiation, and patent landscape considerations.
• Research market trends, emerging technologies, and competitive activity to recommend new formulation opportunities and technical directions.
• Maintain accurate technical records and follow safe, compliant laboratory practices.

What This Job Offers

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