Food Innovation & Product Development Scientist

Mission Foods; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gruma Corporation seeks an experienced R&D professional to apply scientific and engineering principles to develop new food products in collaboration with sales and marketing. You will design prototypes, run testing schedules, and verify performance across company plants.

You will manage customer projects, lead multiple initiatives with cross-functional teams, and train personnel on new products and QA specs.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Food Science or related field; 1 year baking/cereal R&D experience or 3 years for Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience or knowledge in commodities economics and cost evaluation.
• Excellent technical writing and computer skills.
• Ability to plan and execute experimental design to meet objectives.
• Knowledge or experience of baking or cereal processing.
• Ability to lead multiple projects with a cross-functional team; manage customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Applies scientific and engineering principles to develop new food products.
• Manages customer accounts and projects with sales/marketing to fulfill growth plans.
• Designs new product profiles, formulations, testing schedules, and prototype verification.
• Implements new products following GMP and manufacturing guidelines.
• Trains personnel and develops QA specifications for customers.
• Conducts technical meetings with customers and R&D during development and launch.
• Provides technical training and information on products to customers.
• Coordinates trial productions and sends samples for validation.
• Ensures documentation of trials for scale-up and transfer to manufacturing.
• Designs shelf-life studies and recommends packaging/product adjustments.

Skills

Technical writing

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Customer interaction

Experiment design

Computer skills

Education

Master’s degree in Food Science or related field

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science/Chemistry/Biology or related field

Job description

Gruma Corporation seeks an experienced R&D professional to apply scientific and engineering principles to develop new food products in collaboration with sales and marketing. You will design prototypes, run testing schedules, and verify performance across company plants.

You will manage customer projects, lead multiple initiatives with cross-functional teams, and train personnel on new products and QA specs.