Food Scientist

The Applications Food Scientist serves as a key customer-facing technical resource, partnering closely with commercial teams, customers, and industry stakeholders to demonstrate the value and functionality of our ingredients across food, nutraceutical, and personal care applications. This role plays a critical part in supporting sales growth, customer engagement, product commercialization, and business development initiatives through technical expertise, application support, and solution-driven problem solving.

The Applications Scientist also designs, executes, and interprets experiments that demonstrate ingredient performance in finished products, develops formulations that address customer needs, and translates scientific findings into practical application solutions. The position actively participates in customer visits, technical presentations, product demonstrations, trade shows, industry events, and technical consultations, helping strengthen customer relationships and showcase our company’s capabilities. Success in this role requires scientific curiosity, strong communication and presentation skills, customer focus, commercial awareness, adaptability, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and application support through customer meetings, presentations, virtual consultations, technical reports, and troubleshooting activities
• Collaborate with commercial teams, customers, scientists, operations, quality, regulatory, and external partners to develop application solutions that support customer success and business growth
• Support trade shows, technical seminars, customer visits, training programs, product demonstrations, and other business development initiatives to promote our ingredients and capabilities
• Develop and optimize formulations utilizing our ingredients to address customer needs, support innovation initiatives, and drive commercialization opportunities
• Assess, refine, and provide recommendations on new product concepts and prototypes as part of an iterative product development and commercialization process
• Design, conduct, and analyze laboratory experiments to evaluate ingredient functionality and performance in food, nutraceutical, and personal care applications
• Independently design testing protocols, experimental methodologies, and validation procedures aligned with project objectives, industry standards, and scientific best practices
• Evaluate finished product performance and characterize ingredient attributes using analytical techniques, laboratory instrumentation, and sensory assessment methodologies
• Generate technical literature, application guides, product documentation, customer-facing materials, summaries, and reports that translate scientific findings into actionable insights
• Effectively manage multiple projects and priorities while ensuring timely completion of assignments and deliverables
• Maintain accurate laboratory records, experimental data, and project documentation while adhering to safety, quality, and regulatory requirements
• Since this job is primarily focused on supporting the sales team and supporting the customer, this job requires traveling to cities and towns across the USA, to be in front of customers, put on technical product presentations, and help the sales team get new business. Overnight travel estimated to be 25% on average, but could be up to 40% on occasion.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or other science-based curriculum is required. Masters degree is desired.

Experience:

• 3 years minimum relevant industry experience is required (Internships or co-op assignments may apply to experience)
• Experi…