R&D Food Scientist
$70,000–$90,000 year
On-siteAurora, Colorado, United States
Aurora, Colorado, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$70,000–$90,000 yearDoctorate Or Professional Degree
Full TimeDoctorate Or Professional Degree
Job Summary
Lead new product development and commercialization by collaborating with the Culinary team to build, launch, and improve items while driving cost savings. Design experiments, analyze data, and develop process specifications to resolve ingredient and formula issues, ensuring smooth rollouts across manufacturing operations. Manage interdisciplinary projects to enhance win rates, reduce costs, and expedite speed to market through continuous improvement initiatives. Support QA and Operations with technical recommendations and process capability assessments.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in Food Science / Food Engineering with a strong functional Baking Science background
- Bachelor's degree
- 0 to 5 years' experience
- Experience with working on new products through concept, prototyping and commercialization within a manufacturing environment
- Recipe / Formulation and raw material knowledge / experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Working knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), SharePoint, ERP systems
- Self-directed with initiative
- Ability/willingness to work off hours or extended amounts of time during product scale ups
- Ability/willingness to travel up to 30% of the time
Desired Qualifications
- strong preference for internships or co-ops with food manufacturers in lieu of prior industry experience
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