Senior R&D Process Engineer – Beverage Scale-Up & Commercialization

Keurig Dr Pepper; 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

Mileage Reimbursement

Paid Time Off including parental leave

Job summary

Keurig Dr Pepper in Frisco, TX is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead R&D process development, scale-up, and commercialization. You will drive aseptic and thermal processing projects across juice, dairy, and complex beverages, partnering with product development, quality, packaging, engineering, and supply chain.

You will mentor engineers, apply data science and DOE methods, design plant trials, and ensure robust, scalable manufacturing solutions that meet safety, quality, and speed-to-market

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Food, or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10+ years in R&D process engineering or related CPG roles.
• Hands-on experience with juice, dairy, and complex beverage formulation commercialization.
• Experience with aseptic processing and thermal processing platforms.
• Strong ability to lead plant trials, validation, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical process development and scale-up from bench to plant trials.
• Define processing requirements for beverage formulations and constraints.
• Provide leadership for aseptic processing, pasteurization, and other thermal processes.
• Design and execute DOE studies, risk assessments, and commercialization readiness reviews.
• Apply data science, statistical analysis, and modeling to guide decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate formulation intent into scalable designs.
• Support plants and co-packers with capability assessments and startup support.
• Create technical documentation and governance artifacts.
• Lead root cause analyses and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Process development

Scale-up

DOE

Statistical analysis

Aseptic processing

Thermal processing

Plant readiness

Data-driven decision making

Mentoring

Troubleshooting

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Keurig Dr Pepper in Frisco, TX is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead R&D process development, scale-up, and commercialization. You will drive aseptic and thermal processing projects across juice, dairy, and complex beverages, partnering with product development, quality, packaging, engineering, and supply chain.

You will mentor engineers, apply data science and DOE methods, design plant trials, and ensure robust, scalable manufacturing solutions that meet safety, quality, and speed-to-market