Product Development Scientist

1440 Foods Manufacturing

Product Development Scientist

New York, NY
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Our Business

    1440 Foods is a sports and active nutrition company on a mission to help energize people to unleash their potential with a focused portfolio of accessible, great-tasting health and wellness brands: Pure Protein® nutrition bars; Body Fortress® high efficacy protein powders; MET-Rx® high-performance meal replacements, and Fit Crunch, a line of delicious high protein bars, powders, and snacks. Join our fun, fast-paced company to be a part of growing 1440 Foods into the future!

    Job Description Overview:

    We are seeking a highly motivated and results-driven R&D Innovation Scientist to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in executing new product development initiatives, effectively managing multiple tasks and priorities while ensuring high-quality results. This position requires the ability to lead projects, own responsibilities from start to finish, and support team members to drive successful outcomes. This role calls for a quick learner with a technical mindset, someone who thrives in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.

    Job Responsibilities

    • Lead product development lifecycle activities from concept to commercialization.

    • Effectively collaborate with internal and external cross-functional teams to ensure execution of innovation projects.

    • Lead technical validation of products, including stability assessments, sensory benchmarking, and shelf-life testing, ensuring alignment with sensory, quality and regulatory standards.

    • Design and execute pilot trials, scale-ups, and production validations, translating benchtop formulations into commercially viable products while ensuring consistency, taste, and performance.

    • Identify and troubleshoot formulation and process challenges, collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., Quality, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Brand Marketing) to proactively resolve issues.

    • Manage multiple priorities to ensure timely, high-quality results, prioritizing resources to meet project deadlines and deliver high-quality technical outcomes.

    • Travel as necessary to support and validate formula development, pilot trials, and production runs.

    • Document and maintain technical records, including formulas, processing parameters, testing protocols, and learnings from trial runs.

    • Stay current with food science innovations, ingredient technologies, and regulatory trends, applying emerging insights to strengthen formulation strategies and product differentiation.

    Job Qualifications & Skills:

    • Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Engineering, Chemistry or related field.

    • Minimum 3 years of experience in Product Development, R&D, or Manufacturing in food and/or supplement industry; experience in bars, powders, snacks, or RTDs strongly preferred.

    • Proven experience in driving new product development from ideation to commercialization.

    • Ability to provide clear and timely communication of project progress, challenges, and results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

    • Entrepreneurial, can-do mindset and willing to operate autonomously when required with a passion for innovation, continuous learning, and hands-on execution.

    • Comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced environment, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, shift priorities quickly, and take ownership of results.

    • Experience with product development formulation tools.