Food Expert - Mafer Ai

Mafer Ai; Marbella; Presencial; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Relocation bonus

Equity

Descripción de la vacante

Mafer AI is seeking a food scientist with hands-on industry R&D experience to translate kitchen knowledge into software used by our R&D and quality teams. You will work directly with clients and collaborate with our engineers to model ingredient behavior, stability, and shelf life.

Required: a PhD or equivalent in food science or nutrition, Python proficiency, and fluency in Spanish and English, plus willingness to travel to plants.

Formación

• Hands-on R&D experience in a food or beverage company.
• PhD or equivalent depth in food science, food chemistry or nutrition.
• Understanding of ingredient functionality, process, stability, shelf life.
• Confidence working with data and Python.
• Spanish and English, and willingness to travel to plants.
• Experience in bakery, dairy, beverages or plant-based products; EU food regulation valued.

Responsabilidades

• Work directly with clients and build models and product modules with our engineers.
• Collaborate with clients to translate kitchen knowledge into software for R&D and quality teams.

Conocimientos

Python

Data analysis

Bilingual Spanish/English

Willing to travel

Educación

PhD in food science/food chemistry/nutrition

Descripción del empleo

Mafer is building the future of R&D in food and chemicals.

We are looking for a food scientist who has worked in industry and in the real kitchens of R&D teams (test kitchens, pilot plants, production lines) and wants to turn that knowledge into software used by R&D and quality teams every day. You will work directly with clients and build models and product modules with our engineers.

YOU MAY BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE

• Hands-on R&D experience in a food or beverage company. Essential: not a purely academic profile.
• A PhD or equivalent depth in food science, food chemistry or nutrition.
• Real understanding of how a product behaves: ingredient functionality, process, stability, shelf life.
• Confidence working with data and Python.
• Spanish and English, and willingness to travel to plants.
• Experience in bakery, dairy, beverages or plant-based, predictive models applied to food, and EU food regulation are highly valued.

We offer early-stage equity, a €5,000 relocation bonus, support finding housing and 10% of your time for long-term research.

mafer.ai/careers/food-expert