Product Development Scientist — Beverages & Bars

PennPak Solutions; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniting Holding is seeking a Product Development Application Scientist to drive new product development across powdered beverages, nutrition bars, and supplements. You will work with R&D, Operations, Quality, and Packaging to ensure scalable, compliant formulations from benchtop to commercialization.

You will lead benchtop to pilot-scale experiments, build samples for testing, and support shelf-life studies while aligning with production capabilities and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Chemistry, or related field required.
• 5+ years of experience in product development within food, beverage, or dietary supplement manufacturing.
• Experience with powdered products and/or nutritional bars.
• Working knowledge of GMPs, food safety standards, and PPE requirements.
• Experience supporting product scale-up from benchtop to production.

Responsibilities

• Develop and formulate new products across powders and bar applications.
• Create benchtop and pilot-scale samples for evaluation and lab testing.
• Build bulk samples to support stability and analytical testing.
• Support product scale-up activities, including bar trials and production runs.
• Assist in troubleshooting product and process issues during development and commercialization.
• Collaborate with Operations to evaluate formulations on production equipment and provide improvements.
• Assist in building and validating production targets to align R&D and manufacturing outputs.
• Review batch sheets for alignment with formulation, label claims, and quality standards.
• Conduct shelf-life and stability testing programs.
• Support label review activities for R&D, ensuring regulatory alignment.
• Create and maintain Nutrition Facts Panels and Supplement Facts Panels.

Skills

Product development experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Chemistry, or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

Genesis R&D

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft SharePoint

Job description

Uniting Holding is seeking a Product Development Application Scientist to drive new product development across powdered beverages, nutrition bars, and supplements. You will work with R&D, Operations, Quality, and Packaging to ensure scalable, compliant formulations from benchtop to commercialization.

You will lead benchtop to pilot-scale experiments, build samples for testing, and support shelf-life studies while aligning with production capabilities and regulatory requirements.