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About the Role
This position reports directly to the Development Leader – Product Development - Research and Development. Relocation is eligible for this role. Travel is expected to be 20-30%. The role will be filled as either a Scientist or Associate Senior Scientist based on experience and qualifications.
Responsibilities
- Develop and commercialize food products that meet customer expectations and business objectives.
- Leverage expertise in food science, meat science, and/or culinary arts to transform concepts into commercially viable products.
- Ensure quality, food safety, regulatory compliance, and manufacturing feasibility.
- Apply scientific knowledge, process expertise, and culinary insight to develop, optimize, and scale products from concept through launch.
- Support customer-driven and business-led initiatives.
- Lead and contribute to blue-sky and white-space innovation projects to identify emerging trends, unmet needs, and breakthrough opportunities.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver differentiated foodservice solutions and advance the company's innovation pipeline.
- Lead and manage multiple product development initiatives of varying complexity, coordinating cross-functional resources.
- Partner with other Foodservice Product Development Scientists to generate ideas, solve technical challenges, and share best practices.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Conduct benchtop and pilot-scale experimentation using food processing equipment and manufacturing technologies.
- Design, execute, and analyze product, ingredient, and process evaluations.
- Coordinate and execute plant trials, partnering with Operations and FSQ teams.
- Identify and develop new product concepts, ingredient technologies, and white-space opportunities.
- Serve as a technical resource on formulations, ingredients, processing technologies, and product performance.
- Maintain project documentation, formulations, specifications, and technical reports.
- Present project progress, technical findings, and recommendations to customers, leadership, and cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Culinary Arts, or related discipline.
- 2 + years of experience in R&D, product development, or related field.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication abilities.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively across teams.
- Willingness to travel to manufacturing facilities, customers, and industry events.
- Applicants must not now, or at any time in the future, require employer sponsorship for a work visa.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
Skills
- Food science
- Meat science
- Culinary arts
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Organizational skills
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Interpersonal communication
- Collaboration
- Food processing equipment
- Manufacturing technologies
- Product evaluation
- Ingredient evaluation
- Process evaluation
- Plant trials
- Formulations
- Ingredients
- Processing technologies
- Product performance
- Project documentation
- Specifications
- Technical reports
- MS or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, or related field
- Certified Research Chef (CRC) credential
- Foodservice product development
- Protein/meat products product development
- Value-added products product development
- HACCP
- FSMA
- GMPs
- Thermal processes
- Regulatory requirements
- Culinary expertise
- Food science principles
Location
- Austin, MN
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Scientist
- Associate Senior Scientist
- 2+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Culinary Arts, or related discipline
- MS or PhD in Food Science, Meat Science, or related field
- Certified Research Chef (CRC) credential
Salary/Compensations
- $74,325-$122,222 per year
Benefits
- Competitive base salary plus bonus
- Annual merit increase performance reviews
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Non-contributory pension
- 401(k) immediate eligible
- Stock purchase plan
- Relocation assistance
- Paid vacation
- FREE two-year community/technical college tuition for children of employees
About the Company
- Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota, is a global branded food company with approximately $12 billion in annual revenue.
- Brands include PLANTERS®, SKIPPY®, SPAM®, HORMEL® NATURAL CHOICE®, APPLEGATE®, WHOLLY®, HORMEL® BLACK LABEL®, COLUMBUS®, JENNIE-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands.
- The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats.
- Recognized by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and TIME magazine for corporate responsibility and community service efforts.
- For more information, visit hormelfoods.com.
Equal Opportunity
- Hormel Foods provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.