Ice Cream R&D Associate Scientist: Flavor & Scale-Up

Idaho Milk Products; Jerome (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Vacation and PTO

Job summary

Idaho Milk Products seeks an experienced Ice Cream R&D Associate Scientist to design, formulate, and execute trials for ice cream blends and frozen desserts. You will drive scale-up activities from lab to pre-commercial scale, ensuring product quality and regulatory compliance.

The role requires hands-on experience with conventional hard-packed, soft-serve dry blends, and novelties, with collaboration across marketing, sales, and manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in dairy science, food science and technology, food engineering, or a related field.
• MS degree in dairy science, food science, or related field preferred.
• 6+ years with a bachelor's degree and 3+ years with an MS degree.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and scale-up ice cream blends from lab to pilot plant.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and Manufacturing for product development.
• Develop recipes, optimize flavor, texture, and stability while ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Improve testing methods, SOPs, and documentation for ice cream products.
• Lead multiple customer projects and mentor R&D technicians.

Skills

Dairy processing

Ice cream formulation

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality & safety

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's in dairy science / food science

MS in dairy science / food science

Tools

Formulation software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Idaho Milk Products seeks an experienced Ice Cream R&D Associate Scientist to design, formulate, and execute trials for ice cream blends and frozen desserts. You will drive scale-up activities from lab to pre-commercial scale, ensuring product quality and regulatory compliance.

The role requires hands-on experience with conventional hard-packed, soft-serve dry blends, and novelties, with collaboration across marketing, sales, and manufacturing.