Senior Food Scientist, Cheese Product Development & Food Design

Ingredion
Hamburg
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 102,100 - 136,166.67 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Scientific rigor","Technical communication","Stakeholder collaboration","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Lead end-to-end cheese product development and food design for Ingredion’s Global Dairy and Alternative Dairy Applications team. Partner cross-functionally to turn customer needs into technical solutions, run laboratory/pilot experiments, and optimize protein, fat, and carbohydrate interactions for consumer liking and process efficiency. Serve as a cheese subject-matter expert, coordinate sensory testing and quality monitoring, support scale-up, and contribute to patents while maintaining compliant technical documentation.

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Senior Food Scientist, Cheese Product Development & Food Design

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end cheese product development and food design for Ingredion’s Global Dairy and Alternative Dairy Applications team. Partner cross-functionally to turn customer needs into technical solutions, run laboratory/pilot experiments, and optimize protein, fat, and carbohydrate interactions for consumer liking and process efficiency. Serve as a cheese subject-matter expert, coordinate sensory testing and quality monitoring, support scale-up, and contribute to patents while maintaining compliant technical documentation.
Location: Hamburg
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead cheese-category product development initiatives by partnering with cross-functional teams and customers to deliver differentiated solutions.
  • •Formulate, optimize, and troubleshoot dairy and alternative dairy cheese in laboratory and pilot settings to ensure commercial feasibility.
  • •Design and run experiments, analyze data, and optimize ingredient interactions to improve consumer liking and process efficiency.
  • •Serve as cheese subject-matter expert, evaluating new ingredients/technologies and supporting commercialization and scale-up/industrialization.
  • •Coordinate sensory/consumer testing, manage sample production, monitor quality and organoleptic attributes (e.g., pH, viscosity, brix), maintain technical documentation, and drive IP/patents.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 102,100 - 136,166.67 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Engineering, or related field with at least 8-10 years of progressive experience.
  • •Proven knowledge of dairy proteins and cheese-making technologies with hands-on experience developing and commercializing products.
  • •Experience translating dairy science into scalable, commercially viable manufacturing solutions and customer-focused innovation.
  • •Experience with cheese formulation and traditional dairy cheese product development; alternative dairy cheese experience is desirable.
  • •Expertise in experimental design, process development, troubleshooting, and technical data analysis, with strong verbal and written communication.
Experience:Food scienceDairyCheese product developmentAlternative dairyPilot manufacturingData analysis
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingScientific rigorTechnical communicationStakeholder collaborationCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:Sensory testingRheologyTexture analysisExperimental designData analysisPHViscosityBrixSolidsShelf-life testing

Company Brief

Ingredion
Ingredion is a global ingredient solutions company that develops and supplies sweeteners, starches, texturizers, and plant-based ingredients for food, beverage, industrial, and animal nutrition markets.
Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Westchester, United States
Founded: 1906
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