Eat Just-posted 1 day ago
$135,000 - $175,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Onsite • Emeryville, CA
101-250 employees

Eat Just is on a mission to build a healthier, safer, and more sustainable food system. Our team of scientists, chefs, and product developers created Just Egg—the fastest-growing egg brand in America, made entirely from plants—and we’re just getting started. We're seeking a Food Scientist to help us improve, expand, and scale the Just Egg product line and bring our next generation of products to life. We’re looking for a hands-on, solutions-oriented Food Scientist who thrives in ambiguity and is energized by complex technical challenges. Our ideal candidate can take an ill-defined problem and efficiently and creatively design a scientific approach—whether through experimental design, formulation and characterization strategy, or process development—to arrive at practical, scalable solutions. In this role, you’ll apply a deep understanding of plant-based food systems to develop, evaluate, and optimize products across the Eat Just portfolio, from early bench-top exploration through commercialization. You’ll leverage food science principles and analytical methods to assess ingredient functionality, product performance, and process conditions, translating insights into high-quality products that perform in real-world environments. You’ll work closely with R&D, Culinary, Manufacturing, and Marketing to ensure our products deliver on taste, functionality, consistency, and scalability—while continuing to push the boundaries of what’s possible with plant-based ingredients.

  • Contribute to product development and technical problem-solving across Just Egg, Just Meat, and future Eat Just products, from early concept and bench-top experimentation through commercialization and scale-up
  • Design and execute hypothesis-driven experiments to evaluate ingredient functionality, processing parameters, and formulation performance across diverse product formats
  • Apply food science principles to understand and optimize protein, starch, fat, and hydrocolloid interactions, including texture, stability, emulsification, water binding, and thermal behavior under varied processing conditions
  • Utilize a range of analytical and product development techniques (e.g., rheology, viscometry, thermal analysis, functional performance testing) to inform formulation and process decisions
  • Translate laboratory findings into scalable, manufacturing-ready formulations, partnering closely with Process Engineering, Operations, and external manufacturing partners
  • Support cross-functional initiatives by collaborating with Sales and Marketing to adapt formulations for customer, channel, or application-specific needs when required
  • Lead or support process and formulation optimization efforts, including troubleshooting quality, performance, or cost-in-use challenges in existing products
  • Generate, maintain, and clearly communicate technical documentation, including formulations, specifications, SOPs, experimental plans, and trial reports
  • Maintain rigorous formulation and experimental records, ensuring traceability from early prototypes through final commercial products
  • Stay current on plant-based ingredient innovation, processing technologies, and sustainability trends to inform technical strategy and future product development
  • BS or MS in Food Science, Food Engineering, or a related technical discipline
  • 3–5+ years of hands-on product development experience, ideally working with plant-based proteins and complex food systems
  • Strong understanding of ingredient functionality and interactions, including proteins, starches, fats, hydrocolloids, and leavening systems
  • Demonstrated ability to design and run structured experiments, interpret data, and translate learnings into actionable formulation or process improvements
  • Experience innovating with novel or emerging ingredients while balancing scalability, manufacturability, quality, and cost considerations
  • Familiarity with analytical and product development tools such as rheology, viscometry, functional performance testing, and sensory evaluation
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Sales, and Marketing partners
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document and explain technical work to diverse audiences
  • Curiosity, ownership mindset, and a genuine passion for sustainable food innovation and Eat Just’s mission
  • Experience launching products from benchtop to shelf
  • Familiarity with food safety standards and regulatory requirements for USDA- or FDA-regulated products
  • Prior work in a startup or high-growth food company
  • Base salary
  • Equity in Eat Just
  • Up to 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Additional health, wellness, and time-off programs
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