Senior Cheese Product Developer & Food Designer

Ingredion Incorporated; Bridgewater Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Relocation within country

Annual incentive plan

Job summary

Ingredion Incorporated is seeking a Senior Food Scientist, Cheese Product Development & Food Design to lead cheese-focused innovation from ideation to commercialization. You will collaborate with Marketing, regional teams, and customers to develop differentiated dairy cheese products and solve complex formulation challenges.

The role requires hands-on lab and pilot experience, strong dairy science expertise, and the ability to translate research into scalable manufacturing solutions.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of progressive experience in food science or dairy product development.
• Proven knowledge of dairy proteins and cheese-making technologies.
• Ability to translate dairy science into scalable, commercially viable solutions.
• Experience with cheese formulation, development, and manufacturing applications.
• Expertise in experimental design, process development, troubleshooting and data analysis.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; able to influence stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% for customer visits and trials.

Responsibilities

• Lead cheese product development initiatives with cross-functional teams to deliver differentiated solutions.
• Translate customer voices into technical solutions enabling breakthroughs.
• Formulate and optimize dairy cheese in lab and pilot settings, ensuring feasibility and scale-up.
• Design experiments, analyze data, and optimize protein, fat, and carbohydrate interactions for consumer liking and efficiency.
• Serve as subject matter expert in cheese applications and support commercialization.
• Coordinate sensory and consumer testing, manage sample production, and monitor shelf life.

Skills

Dairy science

Cheese product development

Experimental design

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field

Tools

Pilot scale equipment

Job description

Ingredion Incorporated is seeking a Senior Food Scientist, Cheese Product Development & Food Design to lead cheese-focused innovation from ideation to commercialization. You will collaborate with Marketing, regional teams, and customers to develop differentiated dairy cheese products and solve complex formulation challenges.

The role requires hands-on lab and pilot experience, strong dairy science expertise, and the ability to translate research into scalable manufacturing solutions.