Senior Research Chef & Food Scientist (Food Science)

Location: South Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Salary: $97,916–$139,880 per year

Company

hirify.global develops flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and bioscience solutions for products used around the world.

What you will do

• Develop and improve application and finished-product formulations using recipe ingredients, raw materials, industrial standards, and customer requirements.
• Lead customer and internal projects from initiation through completion, managing multiple high-value projects independently.
• Research, refine, and commercialize food, flavor, and ingredient-driven solutions.
• Maintain and renovate application-specific recipe and flavor repositories, identifying gaps and coordinating corrective actions.
• Present creative and innovative solutions to customers, industry stakeholders, and investors.
• Build flavor attribute and terminology expertise while mentoring Food Designers and Research Chefs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Food Science or a related discipline such as Chemistry, Culinary Science, or Human Nutrition.
• At least 10 years of experience in industrial food or flavor development.
• Research Chef experience in an industrial food environment, or executive/head chef experience combined with food science, product development, or R&D experience in consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
• Strong foundation in culinary expertise, food science, product development, and commercialization.
• 2–3 years of experience working in cross-functional project leadership roles.
• Excellent planning, decision-making, communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with sensory evaluation and consumer insights for product design.
• Experience contributing to global or regional innovation programs and technology platforms.
• Recognized technical expertise and experience mentoring junior colleagues.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on high-impact global customer projects.
• Exposure to industry-leading technology, ingredients, and innovation platforms.
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
• Opportunity to contribute to regional and global technical strategies.
• Competitive total rewards aligned with experience and impact.