Process Engineer - Manufacturing

Location: Onsite in South Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Salary: $80,276–$114,680 per year

Company

hirify.global develops flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and bioscience solutions with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and consumer products.

What you will do

• Design, plan, and execute laboratory and pilot-scale experiments for new product development and manufacturing improvements.
• Support New Product Introduction by creating experimental plans, analyzing data, summarizing findings, and preparing technical reports.
• Prepare batch reports, temporary batch instructions, and process change documentation.
• Coordinate sample batches and lead manufacturing trials, scale-up activities, and technology transfer into commercial production.
• Participate in hazard and operability studies, safety reviews, risk assessments, equipment commissioning, and startup activities.
• Collaborate with Research and Development, Operations, Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain teams on project execution and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least one to two years of experience in a chemical, food, pharmaceutical, consumer products, specialty materials, or other manufacturing environment; internships, co-ops, and postgraduate manufacturing experience are considered.
• Experience with manufacturing operations, process engineering, production, scale-up, continuous improvement, or process development.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, process optimization, and engineering fundamentals in an industrial environment.
• Ability to analyze technical and operational data using spreadsheet and other data analysis tools.
• Strong communication, organization, project management, independent working, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in fragrance, flavor, food, consumer products, pharmaceutical, or specialty chemical manufacturing.
• Exposure to process safety, manufacturing risk assessments, equipment commissioning, startup activities, technology transfer, or new product commercialization.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive, solution-oriented, and growth-focused work environment.
• Exposure to laboratory, pilot plant, and full-scale manufacturing operations.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), vacation, and paid holidays.
• Sixteen weeks of paid parental leave and an annual bonus plan.
• Career development opportunities across a global organization.