Pet Product R&D Scientist: Innovate & Scale Prototypes

Redbarn Pet Products; Great Bend (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) with Company Match

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) &

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Pet Insurance

Life and Accidental Death & Dismem

Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance

Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick Time

Employee Pet Food Discounts

Job summary

Redbarn® Pet Products is seeking an R&D Scientist, Product Development to join our team and support the development and commercialization of innovative pet food and pet treat products. This role will manage hands-on formulation, testing, troubleshooting, scale-up, and technical documentation activities from concept through commercialization.

The role requires 1+ year in R&D or product development in food manufacturing, with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Animal Science, Nutrition, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field.
• 1+ year of relevant R&D, product development, food manufacturing, laboratory, or technical experience.
• Pet food or pet treat experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of food science, formulation, and manufacturing processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with formulation/specification systems is a plus.
• Knowledge of AAFCO requirements and experience with co-packers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize pet food and pet treat formulations and prototypes.
• Plan and execute bench trials, pilot studies, product testing, and evaluations.
• Support plant trials, scale-up, first production runs, and commercialization.
• Evaluate ingredients, technologies, product performance, shelf life, and stability.
• Analyze data and provide scientifically supported recommendations.
• Maintain formulas, specifications, ingredient statements, guaranteed analyses, and technical documentation.
• Support AAFCO-compliant labeling and product information.
• Partner with Quality, Operations, Procurement, Marketing, Regulatory, suppliers, and co-packers.
• Troubleshoot product and manufacturing issues and support continuous improvement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Organization

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science/related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Formulation systems

Job description

Redbarn® Pet Products is seeking an R&D Scientist, Product Development to join our team and support the development and commercialization of innovative pet food and pet treat products. This role will manage hands-on formulation, testing, troubleshooting, scale-up, and technical documentation activities from concept through commercialization.

The role requires 1+ year in R&D or product development in food manufacturing, with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.