Product Development Scientist

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Our vision at Pharmatech is to provide an unrivaled customer experience as a nutritional product manufacturer. We are committed to building a positive, diverse, accountable, and supportive culture, centered on integrity and continuous improvement. If this aligns with your values, we invite you to apply and join our team!

Job Summary:

The R&D Scientist provides technical expertise - working closely with manufacturing development, operations, and the customer to design custom formulations of powder, liquid, and capsule products. They oversee product/process development from concept through commercialization for current & potential clients, including hands-on formulation, scale up, & manufacturing support.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Ideation & development of health & wellness focused RTD beverages and powdered products.
• Provide knowledge on process & technologies available for nutraceutical and nutritional manufacturing.
• Perform & monitor bench-top & manufacturing scale-up batches.
• Resolve technical challenges.
• Master the internal formulation systems for development & commercialization.
• Build relationships with suppliers & partners to access ingredients, education, packaging, consulting, & technology that could help bring competitive advantage.
• Maintain a working knowledge of current trends, technologies, ingredients, processes, & equipment within the dietary supplement & functional food industries.
• Work with competent Process Authorities in determining sufficient processing needs.
• Create Supplement / Nutrition Facts panels for products based on current regulatory requirements.
• Clearly present & articulate product ideas & innovations to internal & external customers.
• Light travel (1-3 weeks per year).

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Experience in development and manufacture of liquid beverage products ideal
• RTD beverage experience with acidified foods preferred
• Strong experience working with acidified foods and HTST pasteurization processes ideal
• Product development process knowledge
• Flavor system development, & sensory evaluation techniques
• Sound foundation in Food Science / Chemistry
• Firm understanding of ingredient functionality & nutrition
• Experience conducting plant trials/process validation testing
• Familiarity of product shelf-life testing procedures including establishing overage needs
• Strong communication skills, written & verbal

Education & Experience:

• Four-year college or university degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or related degree
• 5+ years of product formulation experience in manufacturing