Technologist, Taste Applications, Beverages, North America (Princeton, NJ)

DSM

3d • $95,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Bring beverage concepts to life from ideation through commercialization with our North America Applications Team! The Technologist, Taste Applications, Beverages will collaborate with cross‑functional experts, sales, flavorists, sensory, and marketing teams to support customers in developing innovative beverage solutions while showcasing the dsm‑firmenich flavor and ingredient portfolio.
This role offers strong customer exposure, a broad technical scope across beverage applications, and the opportunity to grow within a collaborative, high‑performing team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Food Technology, or a related scientific discipline with approximately 3–5 years of relevant industry experience, or a Master’s degree with 2–3 years of experience.
• Experience supporting beverage or flavor applications; exposure to alcoholic beverages is preferred but not required.
• Demonstrated formulation skills in beverage systems, with the ability to troubleshoot formulations with guidance and collaboration from the team.
• Solid organizational and project coordination skills, with experience supporting multiple projects in parallel.
• Exposure to pilot plant, processing, or scale‑up activities, with an understanding of formulation considerations beyond bench scale.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams and support customer‑facing technical interactions.

Nice To Haves

• experience with alcoholic beverages is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Support and coordinate flavor applications and associated technical activities across a variety of beverage projects, contributing to customer solutions from concept through commercialization.
• Execute defined technical projects and formulations, developing beverage application bases and prototype concepts that showcase dsm‑firmenich flavors, ingredients, and technologies.
• Participate in beverage formulation work across alcoholic and non-alcoholic applications; experience with alcoholic beverages is a plus but not required.
• Contribute to technical selling efforts by supporting customer meetings, work sessions, and technical discussions in partnership with sales and senior technical colleagues.
• Manage multiple customer briefs simultaneously under general direction, completing assigned workstreams and supporting delivery of project objectives.
• Apply technical knowledge of flavors, ingredients, formulations, and beverage processes while collaborating closely with internal technical partners and contributing to the broader applications community.

Benefits

• Supportive, tight-knit community of technical and commercial teammates based in Princeton, NJ, fostering collaboration and camaraderie.
• Access to a broad, experienced global network across all dsm-firmenich regional and international locations.
• Empowered to contribute meaningfully while upholding the highest ethical standards in all aspects of work.
• Growth and advancement opportunities for individuals who embrace innovation, take initiative, and drive change.
• Customer-first mindset, partnering with world-renowned brands to transform ideas into impactful, real-world solutions.
• Purpose-driven career path, offering the freedom to shape your journey while making a significant impact on billions of lives
• In addition to base salary, we also offer a comprehensive total rewards package, inclusive of annual incentive pay, a retirement savings plan, health care coverage, paid time off, recognition programs and a broad range of other benefits. All benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

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