Rid Scientist

Position Summary

This position will formulate a wide range of personal care products incorporating the company’s cosmetics raw materials. The goal is to develop new formulas using existing and new technologies in the personal care product area to support company-wide growth and future brand strategies. Formulas must meet expected performance, safety, and regulatory requirements to enable manufacturing production. The candidate will conduct experimentation on the bench with conventional and/or nonconventional/creative approaches to new formula bases, raw ingredients, and processing techniques, aiming to create unique product claims and benefits.

• Formulation of a variety of personal care products, cosmetics, and OTC from concept to finished product.
• Determine and perform design of experiment to evaluate new and/or alternate raw materials through bench trials.
• Prepare laboratory batches for stability sampling, preservative efficacy testing, claim/clinical testing, mock-ups, and sales evaluation.
• Conduct stability testing to ensure formula and/or formula/package robustness.
• Develop specifications for new and/or reformulated products, ensuring product quality.
• Serve as Lab Applications representative on cross‑functional teams.
• Stay up to date on retail market trends and formulation materials, ingredients, cost, etc.
• Maintain working knowledge of FDA regulations and cGMPs.
• Document notebook entries accurately.
• Provide customer support and interaction on a regular basis, troubleshooting as needed.
• Other duties may be assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or a related scientific field.
• 0‑3 years of experience in the cosmetics/personal care industry preferred.
• Knowledge of color pigments and inorganic compounds is a plus.
• Strong understanding of scientific principles and methodologies.
• Knowledge of relevant industry regulations (e.g., FDA, cosmetic regulations).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to conduct research, analyze data, and draw conclusions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms, stand, sit, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and perform tasks such as talking, hearing, tasting, or smelling.

Visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of assigned work is required.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.