Senior Scientist, Air Care Development- Princeton, NJ

dsm-firmenich • Princeton, NJ

30d • $133,000 - $145,000

About The Position

Join our dynamic and innovative air care technical development team at dsm-firmenich, where innovation, diversity, and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do. The Senior Scientist will work closely with customers and cross‑functional perfumery teams, collaborate with R&D to deepen fragrance performance understanding and build models that enhance creation efficiency. The Senior Scientist will also partner with open‑innovation groups to identify breakthrough technologies and bring them to strategic customers.
Your Key Responsibilities:
Participate in and execute the air care category strategy with business units, perfumers, evaluators, and development teams, ensuring strong alignment with customer priorities.
Lead and supervise the development, testing, and evaluation of new technologies and product forms, driving differentiated solutions for strategic customers.
Support perfumers with scientific insights, performance data, and predictive models that improve creation efficiency and enable winning fragrance designs.
Manage global strategic innovation projects, ensuring scientific rigor, timely delivery, and clear communication across R&D, commercial, and customer teams.
Define, implement, and validate scientific standards, methodologies, and procedures to ensure robustness and reproducibility of air care technical work.
Promote a partnership mindset with key clients and open‑innovation partners, while actively networking within the global R&D organization to secure resources and continuously identify category‑driving innovations.
We Offer:
Join a vibrant, cross‑functional fragrance development community where scientists, perfumers, marketers, and developers come together to imagine what’s next for air care — and make it real.
Shape the future of fragrance performance through a blend of short‑term discovery and long‑term innovation, working on projects that push boundaries and redefine what great air care can be.
Make a real impact in a company where sustainability is a lived purpose, driving positive change for people and the planet through responsible science and breakthrough technologies.
Grow with us in an environment that nurtures curiosity, learning, and ambition, offering meaningful opportunities to deepen your expertise, expand your influence, and build a career with purpose.
Be part of a company with a legacy of scientific leadership and transformative innovation, where your ideas help shape the next generation of products experienced by millions.
Join an inclusive, equal‑opportunity workplace that celebrates authenticity, values every voice, and empowers you to contribute at your highest potential.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific field, supported by substantial professional experience in fragrance, air care, or adjacent product categories with minimum of 10 years industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of analytical chemistry, sensory science, and product or formulation development, including familiarity with malodor control technologies.
• A collaborative and cross‑functional mindset, with the ability to partner effectively across science, creation, marketing, development, and customer‑facing teams.
• Creativity, autonomy, openness, initiative, and strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex scientific insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, with confidence presenting to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data management tools, digital methodologies, or modeling approaches relevant to fragrance or product performance (a strong advantage).

Responsibilities

• Participate in and execute the air care category strategy with business units, perfumers, evaluators, and development teams, ensuring strong alignment with customer priorities.
• Lead and supervise the development, testing, and evaluation of new technologies and product forms, driving differentiated solutions for strategic customers.
• Support perfumers with scientific insights, performance data, and predictive models that improve creation efficiency and enable winning fragrance designs.
• Manage global strategic innovation projects, ensuring scientific rigor, timely delivery, and clear communication across R&D, commercial, and customer teams.
• Define, implement, and validate scientific standards, methodologies, and procedures to ensure robustness and reproducibility of air care technical work.
• Promote a partnership mindset with key clients and open‑innovation partners, while actively networking within the global R&D organization to secure resources and continuously identify category‑driving innovations.

What This Job Offers

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