Senior Food Scientist

About Everyday Dose

Everyday Dose is redefining the daily coffee ritual. Our mushroom + collagen coffee blend helps people feel focused, calm, and energized without the jitters, crashes, or gut issues of traditional coffee. We're a fast-growing functional wellness brand with a loyal DTC customer base, an expanding retail footprint, and an innovation pipeline that's rewriting the rules of what a coffee company can make.

We're hiring an R&D Scientist to work directly with the Director of Product & Innovation on developing new functional beverage formulations from benchtop through commercialization. This is a science‑forward role—analytical rigor, sensory methodology, and ingredient functionality are the core of the job.

Coffee formulation, sweetener systems, and flavor systems experience is a meaningful differentiator. We work extensively with complex functional stacks layered into coffee systems. We need someone who understands the sensory, solubility, and stability challenges that come with that. A food science degree is preferred but not required. Demonstrated bench experience and functional beverage knowledge are what we're actually evaluating.

• Hands‑on development of new functional beverage formulations from first prototype through stability‑validated, production‑ready formula
• Develop and iterate on coffee bases across multiple SKUs: evaluate flavor profile, solubility, mouthfeel, and ingredient compatibility
• Formulate around functional ingredient constraints with a rigorous understanding of how each interacts with a particular carrier system
• Determine functional performance and sensory properties of ingredients in finished products using established analytical and sensory evaluation tools
• Identify and execute cost optimization opportunities across formulations without compromising sensory or functional integrity
• Build and maintain version‑controlled formulation records: batch sheets, trial reports, experimental write‑ups, taste evaluation records, and handover documents

• Design and execute shelf‑life, stability, and oxidation studies across formats and storage conditions, flagging sensory, appearance, or functional changes over time and making data‑driven reformulation recommendations
• Partner with Quality Manager and external analytical lab partners to collect data on nutritional content, microbial testing, and packaging compatibility
• Prepare finished good formulas for costing, nutritional analysis, sensory review, and regulatory review ensuring accuracy of nutrition facts panels and ingredient declarations
• Organize benchtop trials, pilot plant sessions, and shelf‑life testing timelines with cross‑functional teams

• Design and run internal sensory panels—blind tastings, triangle tests, and paired comparisons, synthesizing feedback into actionable formulation changes
• Evaluate competitive and benchmark products systematically: identifying taste, texture, and functional gaps our formulas need to close or beat
• Support consumer lab testing (CLT) programs by preparing samples, documenting protocols, and interpreting sensory results for go/no‑go formulation decisions

• Stay ahead of the functional ingredient landscape, emerging adaptogens, novel delivery formats, clinically‑studied actives, and bring validated, evidence‑backed ideas to the innovation pipeline
• Source and evaluate new ingredients: pulling COAs, reviewing third‑party clinical data, confirming certifications, and assessing sensory impact in finished product
• Conduct competitive product benchmarking and ingredient research to identify formulation white space and emerging category trends
• Assist with new product ideation and concept development, contributing both scientific rigor and sensory instinct to early‑stage innovation

• Work collaboratively with QA, operations, and regulatory teams to ensure commercial‑ready formulas are consistent from a sensory, food safety, and claims perspective
• Communicate project status, formulation decisions, and technical findings clearly to the Director…