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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of relevant academic or industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of material characterization, ingredient functionality, and structure-function relationships.
• Hands-on experience with relevant analytical equipment, such as rheometers, DVS, laser-diffraction particle-size analyzers, and light microscopes.
• Experience using statistical software such as JMP or an equivalent tool for experimental design and data analysis.
• Strong critical-thinking and root-cause problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate technical findings into practical recommendations.
• Ability to mentor others, work effectively across functions, and communicate technical recommendations confidently.

Nice To Haves

• Food or dietary supplement industry experience.
• Experience with powder characterization and processing, RTE rheology, and/or laboratory management.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute experiments to determine factors affecting the processability, stability, and performance of Ready-to-Mix, Ready-to-Drink, and Ready-to-Eat products.
• Apply rheology, dynamic vapor sorption (DVS), particle-size analysis, and other material characterization techniques to complex food matrices.
• Translate analytical data into recommendations that inform ingredient selection, formulation, processing, shelf-life, and commercialization decisions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in food material science, ingredient functionality, structure-function relationships, and physical stability.
• Lead root-cause investigations into product performance, manufacturing performance, shelf-life, and stability challenges.
• Partner with Food Process Engineering and cross-functional teams to establish validation protocols and technical requirements for materials, formulations, and processes.
• Evaluate emerging ingredients, technologies, processing approaches, and analytical tools that may support innovation and product differentiation.
• Mentor junior scientists, support sound experimental design and scientific rigor, and potentially supervise up to two direct reports.
• Provide hands-on responsibility for the Material Science Lab and its analytical equipment.

Benefits

• Continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform
• Competitive compensation package
• Staff discounts
• Generous family leave policy
• Health plan
• Dental plan
• Annual bonus
• 401K