Senior Technologist, Coffee Product Development Team

About the position

In this role you will use your understanding of food chemistry/product development to perform critical experimental work of applied research and/or development including planning experiments, generating and analyzing data, and sharing recommendations to a cross-functional team regarding formulation of new and existing products. Sr. Technologists of Product Development plan and execute a broad range of technical tasks and must be able to work effectively with support and direction from manager or within a team. Your work is typically 'hands on' in a lab, in a plant or pilot plant, at a critical site, on a computer, or with consumers for all R&G coffee products.

Responsibilities

• Formulate products based on product design briefs, claim substantiation, operational feasibility, and financial targets with direction from manager
• Conduct experiments from rapid, iterative prototyping to development and scale-up (benchtop, pilot plant, plant)
• Review and interpret data, from process trials, measurements from chemical/physical analysis, roasting studies, storage studies, statistical analysis, providing conclusions and recommendations
• Compose new and update existing documents such as formula specifications, technical reports, project updates, data analyses, laboratory notebooks, etc.
• Provide technical proficiency and direction in bringing new R&G coffee technologies to operations
• Learn to integrate analytical data of green and roasted coffee to large AI models for formula flexibility
• Assist as needed in providing innovative ideas leading to the creation of new products, cost savings/efficiency, and solving product related challenges
• Participate in Product Science and JMP Community of Practice-Develop training and methods for Mixture DOES
• Critical partner with Green Coffee and Process Development teams to qualify new green coffee varieties
• Leverage roasting chemistry acumen, green coffee knowledge and DOE's to deliver margin improvement for our Bustelo Coffee Brand

Requirements

• 4 year B.S degree in science or engineering +2 years experience in a technical field (or MS degree in science or engineering with 1 year of experience in a technical field or PhD in Science of Engineering)
• Passion for coffee products and roasting chemistry
• Strong background in applying engineering principles & critical thinking to solve complex technical problems
• Prior experience or research in roasting kinetics of coffee and/or strong understanding of coffee roasting platforms and key roasting parameters that affect end taste profile
• Strong communication, both oral and written
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and creativity skills
• Familiar with the basics of statistical design software and mixture DOE
• Effective presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
• Comfortable in ambiguous situations
• Confident and proactive person open to constant learning
• Can work with personal and food safety in mind
• Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.

Nice-to-haves

• Statistics skills - mixture DOE
• Coffee roasting experience
• Familiar with NIR technology for chemical analysis
• Understanding of neural networks or AI driven machine learning with large data models
• Must be able to taste and consumer coffee beverages with dairy, sweeteners, and other additives that may/may not include allergens