Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. · 1 month ago
Senior Scientist
Burlington, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$76K/yr - $123K/yr
5+ years expKeurig Dr Pepper Inc. is a leading beverage company in North America, and they are seeking a Senior Scientist to join their Future Coffee Systems team. The role involves applying scientific methods to develop innovative coffee formulations and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance coffee beverage quality.
CoffeeFood and BeverageManufacturing
Responsibilities
Product development of coffee beverages in a new single serve beverage format
Use product and formulation design principles to develop high quality products efficiently
Conduct all aspects of product formulation in the lab; sourcing ingredients, roasting and grinding coffee, creating blends, conducting sensory panels and other lab work as necessary
Maintain detailed record laboratory and formulation work
Create and maintain product specifications
Design, execute and analyze experiments using domain knowledge, DoE, and statistical analysis
Collaborate with appliance engineers to optimize the brewing system performance of the future coffee system
Perform literature searches
Educate cross-functional partners on technical and scientific principles as necessary, and mentor other engineers and scientists
Partner with various functions of R&D – Sensory, Ingredients, Nutrition, Regulatory, Flavor Technology, Chemistry, Process Engineering, and Technical
Comply with all requirements related to food safety and quality
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in chemical engineering, food science or closely related discipline with 5+ years of experience
You are a coffee engineer. You have a ritualistic obsession with brewing the best coffee and espresso beverages, and you will bring that passion to developing the best tasting coffee beverages for consumers
Demonstrated experience with product formulation and design using best practices
Knowledge and experience in design of experiments such as factorial designs and mixture designs, as applied to product and process formulation
Knowledge and experience in material characterization as it relates to product development, such as water activity, moisture isotherms, moisture and drying kinetics and particle size analysis
Demonstrate flexibility and resilience in adapting to changing business needs and priorities
Understanding of statistical data analysis and software tools such as JMP, Python, R
Strong critical thinking skills
Detailed oriented
Highly competent in MS Office product suite
Ability to travel; 25%+ during certain periods of time
Preferred
Ph.D. in engineering or food science is a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Disability
Paid Time Off (including paid parental leave, vacation, and sick time)
401k with company match
Tuition Reimbursement
Mileage Reimbursement
Annual bonus based on performance and eligibility
Company
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with annual revenue in excess of $14.1 billion and nearly 28,000 employees.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$49.52BKey Investors
Starboard ValueJAB Holding Company
2025-10-27Post Ipo Equity· $7B
2025-10-13Post Ipo Equity
2025-08-25Post Ipo Debt· $18.96B
Leadership Team
G
George Lagoudakis
SVP Finance US Refreshment Beverages
J
Jane Gelfand
Senior Vice President, Strategic Finance & Capital Markets
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