Food R&D Technician — Hybrid, Lab-to-Shelf Innovator

Creative Alignments; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision insurance

3 weeks paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Team events

All-team summits

Job summary

Purely Elizabeth in Boulder, CO, is seeking an R&D Technician to support the Innovation team. You will prepare samples, support trials, and maintain formulas, specs, and project files to move products from lab to shelf.

The role is hybrid and based in Boulder, with growth potential in a fast-moving, founder-led environment. You will work closely with the Senior Food Scientist, handling benchtop formulation, batch records, and documentation while collaborating across teams.

Qualifications

• BS in Food Science or related field.
• 2–4 years in food product development or R&D.
• Experience with scale-up from benchtop to manufacturing; plant trials and formulation troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare benchtop samples using formulas and priorities set by the Senior Food Scientist.
• Support product and plant trials, run routine product and shelf-life checks, record results, and flag issues for review.
• Coordinate ingredient and sample orders, trial logistics, schedules, and project follow-ups.
• Collect and organize supplier specifications, and assemble formula, nutrition, ingredient, and packaging files for review.
• Enter approved formulas into Genesis, validate nutrition values for Nutrition Facts Panels, and keep packaging records up to date.
• Maintain formula files, trial notes, shelf-life records, and project trackers, and capture meeting action items.

Skills

Benchtop formulation

Baking science

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Food Science

Tools

Genesis

Job description

Purely Elizabeth in Boulder, CO, is seeking an R&D Technician to support the Innovation team. You will prepare samples, support trials, and maintain formulas, specs, and project files to move products from lab to shelf.

The role is hybrid and based in Boulder, with growth potential in a fast-moving, founder-led environment. You will work closely with the Senior Food Scientist, handling benchtop formulation, batch records, and documentation while collaborating across teams.