Kraft Heinz · 1 day ago
Senior Scientist, R&D - Product Development
Warrendale, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$90K/yr - $112K/yr
5+ years expKraft Heinz is a leading food company, and they are seeking a Senior Scientist for their R&D Product Development team. The role involves leading technical projects, developing new products, and ensuring compliance with safety standards and quality expectations.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingMeat and PoultryTobacco
Responsibilities
Responsible for ideating, developing, and commercializing new products, renovating existing products, and delivering cost savings
The candidate will be scoping and/or developing highly technical and complex project plans to meet the business’ platform and innovation objectives over planning horizons ranging from months to quarters
Assess potential food safety or quality risk associated with product development briefs, proposed manufacturing processes and/or equipment utilization
Recommend mitigation strategies to ensure compliance with safety standards, quality expectations, and government regulations
Evaluate the financial objectives of product development initiatives, such as COGS (VIC/VLC) targets, project budgets, expenditures, research and development appropriations, or return-on-investment and profit-loss projections
Opportunities may exist to lead and mentor junior developers on projects
Support graphics and label development and provide technical approval
Evaluate quality of materials or products. Test quality of materials or finished products including shelf-life assessment
Establish standards for products, processes, or procedures
Develop specifications for new products or processes
Develop new or improved ways of preserving, processing, packaging, storing, and delivering foods, using knowledge of chemistry, microbiology, and other sciences
Stay current on new regulations and current events regarding food science by reviewing scientific literature
Manage multiple assignments/ tasks concurrently and demonstrate the ability to complete work with minimal guidance
Confer with process engineers, plant operators, flavor experts, and packaging and marketing specialists to resolve problems in product development
Ability to scale up products from bench top to full line commercialization at the factory level
Interact cross functionally across the organization and influence others to drive projects to completion
Create project status presentations for delivery to customers, project personnel, or executive leadership
Qualification
Required
BS/MS in Food, Dairy, Meat, Animal Science, Packaging or Chemical Engineering
Minimum of 5 years in a Technical Function (which can include all graduate and/or internship work)
Solid understanding of food chemistry, analytical testing, formulations and processing used in food manufacturing
Excellent communication, influencing, project management and problem-solving skills
Independently manage and prioritize concurrent work assignments
Strong understanding of Design of Experiments, statistical process control, data interpretation
Willingness to travel 30-40%
Preferred
Culinary experience desired
Prior experience working with Sauces, condiments, and shelf stable products preferred
Understanding of ingredient functionality and interactions with process, and packaging
Benefits
Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs.
Physical - Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
Social - Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
Emotional – Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
Financial – 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability
Company
Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz is a multinational food and beverage company offering a diverse range of condiments, sauces, snacks, cheese, and frozen foods.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20M2019-06-10Post Ipo Equity· $20M
2015-07-06IPO
2015-03-25Acquired
Leadership Team
Carlos Abrams-Rivera
Chief Executive Officer
Andre Maciel
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-07
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