Sr Food Scientist

Work with our CTO to manage technical timelines for new products and platform development with our novel fungi based ingredient

Lead a technical and food oriented team and work hands on to create the most delicious plant based products

Oversee and manage projects and timelines in the Research Development and New Product Development Teams

Work hands on to complete special projects, platform development projects, as well as new product development projects

Critically think and expand on our understanding of novel material properties of our ingredients and novel ingredients as well as work on expanding basic research projects and initiatives

Roll up your sleeves and work on everything from procurement, analytics, to formulations

Create, review, present, and execute on scientific and development plans to meet the overall product and company goals and initiatives

Cross functionally operate and have good grasp of concepts with culinary, food science, biology, engineering, commercialization

Ensure that products from inception to launch and beyond meet product specs are upheld

Continue to improve our agile and rapid iteration process and timelines across R&D and New
Product Development

Work closely with Product and Commercialization team and assist as needed too ensure the creation and launch of the best products

Oversee the product approval process and coordinate testing events internally and externally and refine processes

Oversee the maintenance and training and procurement of systems and instrumentation as needed to meet the needs of our R&D team

Oversee projects and provide assistance with co-manufacturer development or co-developed projects

Who You Are
M.Sc or PhD in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or related field.

At least 7+ years in the food industry developing and commercializing products

Well rounded Scientist who has experience or deep understanding technically of textures, material science, flavors

An adventurous and well eaten individual who loves food and how it’s made

Experience working with novel ingredients and technical food science toolkit both in terms of
ingredients as well as instrumentation and analytics

Multidisciplinary thinker and tinkerer using a multitude of approaches to solve problems and lead development projects

A believer in the scientific method for solving food development challenges and strong skills in experimental design

Experience development and commercializing products preferably both in-house as well as with co-manufacturers and developers

Extremely data driven and also able to analyze data to drive insights and developments
Thrives in fast paced environment and experience working in or interest in working at a innovative startup

Excited to work on and preferably experience working on extremely technical new products that require ingenuity