Application Scientist

Role Purpose

Drive color expertise in food applications—develop, evaluate, and apply color solutions that meet customer needs. Lead projects from concept through scale-up, using sensory and analytical tools to deliver reliable, commercially ready results.

Key Responsibilities

• Color Development: Create and optimize natural color solutions for customer products; generate data, reports, and recommendations.
• Food Applications: Apply color across multiple food and beverage categories; design experiments, analyze stability and performance, document findings.
• Customer Support: Troubleshoot color challenges directly with customers, manage timelines and constraints, and build strong technical partnerships.
• New Product Development: Move projects from bench to commercialization; collaborate with production, procurement, and finance to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Regulatory & Compliance: Ensure formulations meet regional/global regulatory requirements, including allergen, organic, and GMO considerations.
• Project Management: Lead or support R&D initiatives with clear documentation and transfer to manufacturing.
• Training & Technical Communication: Provide data, tools, and presentations for marketing, sales, and customers.
• Quality & Safety: Maintain lab standards, protocols, and safety practices; support continuous improvement.
• Academic Collaboration: Build relationships with universities and external experts to support innovation and talent pipelines.
• Additional: Prepare samples and required documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Food Science or related field
• Hands-on experience with color in food systems (must-have)
• Customer-facing technical experience (must-have)
• R&D background with experimental design and data interpretation
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Highly collaborative; comfortable working cross-functionally
• Proficient with lab practices, documentation, and data systems
• Bilingual (Spanish) a plus

Physical & Travel

• Occasional travel