Associate Engineer, Process R&D (Flavor Encapsulation)

Location: On-site in Union Beach, New Jersey, United States

Salary: USD 52,556–75,080 per year

Company

hirify.global develops flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and bioscience solutions, including sustainable flavor delivery technologies.

What you will do

• Design, execute, and document laboratory, pilot-scale, and manufacturing process trials.
• Develop and optimize encapsulation, flavor delivery, drying, and related processing technologies for volatile and non-volatile flavors.
• Analyze experimental and process data to support technical decisions and project advancement.
• Prepare technical reports, experimental summaries, operating procedures, and project documentation.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, manufacturing teams, and external partners.
• Support scale-up, technology transfer, equipment evaluation, commissioning, process improvement, troubleshooting, safety reviews, and presentation of technical findings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical, food, process, or related engineering.
• Up to three years of experience in process development, manufacturing, pilot plant operations, or research and development.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and interpret technical and process data and present findings to stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and technical documentation systems.
• Ability to work safely in laboratory, pilot plant, and manufacturing environments and follow company safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and work in manufacturing operations for extended periods during trials.

Nice to have

• Experience with flavor, food, ingredient, encapsulation, spray-drying, or related processing technologies.
• Experience with pilot plant operations, process scale-up, manufacturing operations, or continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis, experimental design, electronic laboratory notebooks, and data management systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role involving hands-on research in flavor encapsulation and delivery technologies.
• Work across laboratory, pilot-scale, and manufacturing environments.
• Projects span early-stage development through scale-up and commercialization.
• Collaborative, innovative, solution-oriented, and inclusive workplace.