💼 About This Role

You'll work on an interdisciplinary team to develop novel plant-based meat products using your expertise in ingredient functionality. You'll lead efforts to recreate animal tissue replicas and optimize formulations for flavor and texture. This role offers the chance to contribute to solving climate change through sustainable food innovation.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Lead new material integration and prototype creation
• Optimize ingredient interactions in complex food matrices
• Use sensory and instrumental assays to guide development
• Present experimental data to research team and broader audiences

📋 Requirements

• M.S./Ph.D. in Materials Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Food Science, or similar
• 4+ years of product innovation experience
• Strong chemical intuition and knowledge of flavor chemistry, gums, starches, proteins
• Experience in formulation development and data analysis

✨ Nice to Have

• Experience designing and conducting sensory testing
• Experience mentoring junior researchers

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 💵 Competitive salary ($100K-$130K)
• 💰 Equity offered
• 🌟 Mission-driven work environment