Food Scientist I (Flavor Design)

Location: Camden, New Jersey 08103, United States

Salary: $75,800–$104,200 per year

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures branded food and snack products, including Campbell’s, Goldfish, Pace, Prego, Rao’s Homemade, V8, Cape Cod, Kettle Brand, and Snyder’s of Hanover.

What you will do

• Lead flavor and seasoning development for innovation, renovation, quality improvement, and productivity initiatives across the Snacks portfolio.
• Partner with flavor and seasoning suppliers to identify ingredient solutions, evaluate emerging technologies, and execute development projects.
• Design flavor, seasoning, and sensory evaluations; analyze technical and sensory data; and provide recommendations to project teams.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Packaging, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, and Supply Chain throughout commercialization.
• Coordinate pilot plant and manufacturing trials to support scale-up and product launches.
• Maintain formulations, specifications, technical reports, flavor libraries, databases, and project documentation while monitoring market and consumer trends.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences, Nutrition, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of food industry experience in product development, flavor technology, seasoning application, ingredient innovation, or related R&D functions.
• Understanding of flavor and seasoning functionality in food systems.
• Experience designing experiments, analyzing data, and drawing technical conclusions.
• Strong project management, organization, written communication, verbal communication, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and data management systems.

Nice to have

• Experience working directly with flavor and seasoning suppliers.
• Experience with snack foods, crackers, cookies, bakery, or salty snack products.
• Knowledge of sensory evaluation methodologies and consumer-driven product development.
• Experience supporting pilot plant studies and manufacturing commercialization.
• Familiarity with ingredient specifications, formulation systems, and product lifecycle management tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, and life insurance benefits begin on the first day.
• Matching 401(k) plan with immediate vesting.
• Unlimited sick time, paid time off, and holiday pay.
• Access to a fitness center, on-site childcare, and a company store at the World Headquarters.
• Employee resource groups and charitable donation and volunteer activity matching through Campbell’s Cares.