Nutritional Bar Development Scientist

Simply Good; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Simply Good Foods in California is seeking a Food Scientist to translate consumer needs into scalable bar formulations, collaborating across R&D, Operations, Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Supply Chain, and external co-manufacturers to develop and improve products.

You will lead benchtop to pilot trials, develop formulations, nutrition labeling, and technical documentation while optimizing cost, quality, and manufacturability for shelf‑stable foods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or related field.
• Minimum 2 years in CPG, food and beverage R&D, product development, commercialization, or food manufacturing.
• Experience with food formulation, product development, commercialization, or manufacturing trials.
• Experience creating and maintaining formulations, specifications, and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and renovate nutritional bar products, balancing sensory, nutritional, cost, quality, ingredient, and manufacturing requirements.
• Execute product development from benchtop formulation through pilot, commercialization, and post-launch optimization.
• Develop and maintain formulations, specifications, nutrition labels, ingredient statements, costing, and technical documentation.
• Plan, execute, and evaluate benchtop, pilot, and production trials; provide technical recommendations and next steps.
• Partner with co-manufacturers on scale‑up, processing, troubleshooting, and manufacturing readiness.
• Identify opportunities to improve product quality, sensory performance, shelf life, yield, processing consistency, and cost.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to commercialize products that meet consumer, business, regulatory, quality, and operational requirements.
• Analyze trial, sensory, shelf‑life, and manufacturing data to support formulation decisions and continuous improvement.
• Communicate project status, technical findings, risks, and recommendations to internal and external partner.

Skills

Food formulation knowledge

Analytical skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Verbal/written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or related field

Tools

Genesis formulation

PLM systems

Job description

Simply Good Foods in California is seeking a Food Scientist to translate consumer needs into scalable bar formulations, collaborating across R&D, Operations, Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Supply Chain, and external co-manufacturers to develop and improve products.

You will lead benchtop to pilot trials, develop formulations, nutrition labeling, and technical documentation while optimizing cost, quality, and manufacturability for shelf‑stable foods.