Senior Food Scientist

19 hours ago


Austin, Texas, United States Sovos Brands Full time
Job Title: Senior Food Scientist

At Sovos Brands, we're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where talented individuals can thrive. We're seeking a highly skilled Senior Food Scientist to join our Dinners and Sauces R&D team.

Job Summary:

We're looking for a seasoned food scientist with a passion for innovation and a strong background in food product development. As a Senior Food Scientist, you'll be responsible for leading and supporting process development, process optimization, and commercialization projects across our Rao's and Michael Angelo's brands.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead technology development in select technical areas guided by near-term innovation priorities and strategic technology roadmaps.
  • Champion knowledge creation, implementation, and stewardship in these areas.
  • Initiate test plans, develop experimental setups, test execution, and provide data analysis to quantify key process parameters and fundamental mechanisms at bench, pilot, and factory scale.
  • Support the origination of prototypes and the development of a technical approach/risk assessment related to new product and process development, from bench-top to pilot-plant and through to plant-scale.
  • Manage multiple projects, prioritize, and be flexible to rapidly changing business needs.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Culinary, Chemical Engineering, or relevant fields.
  • 4+ years of experience in product/process development.
  • Passion for food, new product and process optimization, technical rigor, and continuous learning.
  • Strong grasp of continuous improvement fundamentals.
  • Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Food Science or Culinary experience in Italian cuisine, frozen foods, meat and poultry, pasta production, and process, thermally processed sauces.
  • Strong technical communication skills, with a proven record of effectively sharing technical results and implications with less technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated business savvy and ability to maintain both a technical depth and business results mindset.
About Sovos Brands:

Sovos Brands is a consumer-packaged food company focused on acquiring and building disruptive growth brands that bring today's consumers great-tasting food that fits the way they live. Our product offerings include a variety of pasta sauces, dry pasta, soups, frozen entrées, frozen pizza, and yogurts, all of which are sold in North America under the brand names Rao's, Michael Angelo's, and noosa.

We offer attractive compensation packages based upon background and experience. Package includes base salary, incentive bonus, medical benefits, 401K, and PTO. We maintain a drug and alcohol-free workplace. All candidates offered a position are required to pass a pre-employment drug test. We participate in E-Verify.

Sovos Brands is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.



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