Senior Food Scientist - Magic Spoon : Job Details

Magic Spoon reimagines your favorite childhood breakfast cereals with high-protein, low-carb, and of course, delicious flavors. Since launching in April 2019, we've quickly become one of the fastest growing DTC brands. Now, we're launching in cereal aisles at Target, Walmart, Kroger, and many more retail stores all across the country! Forbes called us the future of cereal , and TIME Magazine has named us in their Top 100 inventions.

We're looking for a Senior Food Scientist to support the development work associated with our exciting pipeline of projects!

This is a full time, in-person/hybrid role (Tues, Weds, Thursday in office) based in Tribeca, NYC. Some additional travel may be required for this role.

As Senior Food Scientist, you'll:

Primary

* Manage Ingredients/Formulas in nutrition software

* Be responsible for all calculations for packaging

* Us vs. them

* Net carbs

* NFP

* Ingredient declaration

* Be responsible for prototyping, formulation, pilot production and scale-up to plant implementation of innovation & renovation projects

* Create technical documents, specifications and cook preps

* Manage Lab Inventory needed for prototypes and samples

* Manage Internal Sensory testing - including analysis of results/recommendations of next steps

* Coordinate benchtop sample requests to ensure samples/prototypes are completed in a timely and efficient manner

Secondary

* Provide technical support to Operations/Manufacturing Team for commissioning of innovation and renovation projects

* Leverage R&D resources at manufacturing facilities to increase technical capabilities for product/process improvement initiatives

* Support ingredient and formulation trial plans

* Ensure compliance to internal and external policies, quality standards and legal requirements

* Provides support in building technical expertise and maintaining a community of best practice to technical colleagues

* Maintain accurate and complete records with a high level of organization

* Handle product cuttings, testing and other duties as assigned

* Support team on shelf life testing - real time and accelerated