R&D Scientist, Pet Food & Treats — Formulation & Scale-Up

Redbarn Pet Products, LLC.,; 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

FSA & HSA

MetLife Voluntary Benefits

Pet Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance

Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick Time

Employee Pet Food Discounts

Job summary

Redbarn Pet Products, LLC. is seeking an R&D Scientist in Product Development to advance innovative pet food and treat products from concept through commercialization.

You will manage hands-on formulation, testing, troubleshooting, scale-up, and technical documentation with cross-functional teams. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 1+ year of relevant experience, preferably in pet food.

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

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Formulation knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/Animal Science/Nutrition/Biology/Chemistry/Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Formulation/Specification systems

Job description

Redbarn Pet Products, LLC. is seeking an R&D Scientist in Product Development to advance innovative pet food and treat products from concept through commercialization.

You will manage hands-on formulation, testing, troubleshooting, scale-up, and technical documentation with cross-functional teams. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 1+ year of relevant experience, preferably in pet food.