Product Development Engineer

Molly Tea; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Molly Tea seeks a dedicated Product Development Specialist to drive end-to-end product creation—from concept through market launch—across North America. You will test flavors, optimize formulas, and manage raw materials to balance flavor, cost, and stability.

Collaborating with brand, marketing, supply chain, and operations, you will help establish localization databases and standardized R&D documentation while maintaining rigorous quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Catering Management, Nutrition, or related field.
• More than 3 years of product development experience in catering, tea beverage, or FMCG.
• Familiar with food raw materials, formulations, and basic process design, with ability for sensory evaluation and cost control.
• Fluent in English with good cross-cultural communication and project coordination skills.
• Clear logic, strong stress resistance, and preference for tea/beverage chain brands.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with brand, marketing, supply chain and operations to drive full process of product implementation from concept to market launch.
• Conduct product testing and flavor optimization based on user research, competing product analysis, and store testing.
• Participate in new product development, formula adjustment, and raw material selection to ensure flavor, cost, and stability.
• Follow up on the performance of listed products, continuously conduct reviews and iterations.
• Assist in establishing the North American Localization product database and standardized R&D documentation.

Skills

Cross-cultural communication

Project coordination

Cost control

Sensory evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Catering Management, Nutrition, or related field

Job description

• Collaborate with teams such as brand, marketing, supply chain, and operations to drive the full process of product implementation from concept to market launch;
• Conduct product testing and flavor optimization based on user research, competing product analysis, and store testing;
• Participate in new product development, formula adjustment, and raw material selection to ensure flavor, cost, and stability;
• Follow up on the performance of listed products, continuously conduct reviews and iterations;
• Assist in establishing the North American Localization product database and standardized R&D documentation.

[Qualifications]

• Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Food Science, Catering Management, Nutrition, or related fields;
• More than 3 years of experience in product development in the catering, tea beverage, or fast-moving consumer goods industry;
• Familiar with food raw materials, formulations, and basic process design, with the ability for sensory evaluation and cost control;
• Fluent in English, with good cross-cultural communication and project coordination skills;
• Clear logic, strong stress resistance, and preference will be given to those with experience in tea or beverage chain brands.