Senior Beverage Process Development Engineer

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 97,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Mileage Reimbursement

Job summary

Keurig Dr Pepper is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead technical process development and scale-up for beverage projects from bench to commercialization. You will define processing requirements for juice, dairy, and complex formulations, while providing leadership for aseptic and thermal processes and plant readiness.

You will apply first principles, experimental data, and data science tools to improve decisions and support startup readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience in R&D process engineering, food/beverage processing, technical commercialization, manufacturing engineering, or related CPG roles.
• Experience with juice, dairy, and complex beverage formulation commercialization, including scale-up from bench or pilot through plant production.
• Hands-on knowledge of aseptic processing and other thermal process platforms for beverage and food commercialization.
• Strong understanding of beverage processing operations including batching, blending, thermal processing, filling, packaging interfaces, sanitation/CIP, process capability, and plant startup.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical process development and scale-up for complex R&D projects from bench through pilot, plant trial, validation, and commercialization.
• Define processing requirements for juice, dairy, and other beverage formulations and identify critical parameters and constraints.
• Provide technical leadership for aseptic processing, hot-fill, pasteurization, and other thermal processes, including startup readiness.
• Lead test plans, DOE studies, risk assessments, and commercialization readiness reviews to generate insight into design spaces and scale-up opportunities.
• Apply data-driven methods to explain phenomena and influence decisions for technical teams and stakeholders.
• Explore data science, AI-enabled tools, predictive modeling, and plant data to improve learning and decision-making.
• Translate formulation intent into scalable process designs that protect flavor, color, texture, and quality.
• Support plants and co-packers with capability assessments, startup support, troubleshooting, and corrective actions.
• Create process documentation, protocols, validation summaries, and technical reports.

Skills

Presentation

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

DOE

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

AI tools

Job description

Keurig Dr Pepper is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead technical process development and scale-up for beverage projects from bench to commercialization. You will define processing requirements for juice, dairy, and complex formulations, while providing leadership for aseptic and thermal processes and plant readiness.

You will apply first principles, experimental data, and data science tools to improve decisions and support startup readiness.