Food Processing Engineer

If you're a Food Process Engineer ready to move beyond the constraints of legacy food operations, this is your moment. Join a fast-scaling, venture-backed ingredient company built on a foundation of consumer goods excellence and powered by cutting-edge R&D in cake and icing systems. Here, your ideas won't sit in a queue - they'll shape the next generation of better-for-you products.
Decko Products / Miss Jones Baking Co.

We are bakers building a new kind of baking company! We believe it's always easier to get amazing results when you bake with the best possible ingredients, which is why we're proud to make the first-ever organic ready-to-use frostings and organic baking mixes that taste like they were made from scratch, without any of the weird stuff. We want to feel good about what we're feeding ourselves, our friends, and our family, while offering the very best baking essentials we can find.

Our innovative line of baking mixes and frostings eliminate the worry of consuming unpronounceable ingredients, while delivering high-quality, baked-with-love results every time! It is a sweet time to join Decko/Miss Jones

As a leading co-manufacturer and producer of branded CPG goods, revolutionizing the industry. We're committed to high-quality, organic ingredients and delivering real, homemade taste. This unique blend of legacy expertise and a forward-thinking approach creates a dynamic environment where you can lead impactful change. If you're a passionate leader with experience in branded and/or co-manufacturing, driven by process improvement and shaping the future of production, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the evolving baking industry.
What You Will Do

We're looking for a Food Processing Engineer who combines practical food science fundamentals with strong process engineering skills. This role supports the scale-up, optimization, and continuous improvement of food manufacturing processes, ensuring products are safe, consistent, and manufacturable at scale.

You'll work closely with Operations, R&D, Quality, and Maintenance to translate formulas into robust production processes, applying food science principles to manage variability, shelf life, and product performance.
Responsibilities:

• Develop, optimize, and document food manufacturing processes including mixing, heating, cooling, depositing, filling, and packaging
• Apply food science fundamentals (water activity, pH, emulsions, viscosity, thermal effects, ingredient functionality) to support process design and troubleshooting
• Support product scale-up by identifying risks related to texture, stability, shelf life, and process sensitivity
• Lead process validation, capability studies, and root-cause analysis for quality or performance issues
• Partner with R&D and QA to ensure formulas are manufacturable, scalable, and compliant with food safety requirements
• Evaluate and specify process equipment such as mixers, pumps, heat exchangers, and fillers with an understanding of product rheology and sanitation needs
• Analyze process data to improve yield, throughput, and consistency
• Support new product commercialization, trials, and line commissioning
• Contribute to HACCP, GMP, and FSMA programs as they relate to process controls and product risk

Who You Are

You are a hands-on, problem solving, solutions-driven Process Engineer with deep expertise in food manufacturing and regulatory compliance. You understand how fats, sugars, emulsifiers, stabilizers, and thickening agents behave in real-world production environments, and you use that knowledge to build processes that are safe, consistent, and scalable. You thrive in continuous improvement, partnering with cross-functional teams to turn technical concepts into practical, high-impact manufacturing solutions.
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
• 3-7 years of experience in food manufacturing, process engineering, or food process development
• Working knowledge of food chemistry and ingredient functionality, including fats, sugars, emulsifiers, stabilizers, and thickeners
• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, SPC, or other continuous improvement tools in a manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with FDA, FSMA, HACCP, and GFSI expectations
• Comfortable working on the plant floor and translating technical concepts into practical solutions
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits

• Medical-Fully Subsidized
• 401K Match
• Life Insurance
• Short term disability

Decko Products is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace.