Website Trove Nutrition
Trove Nutrition
Company : Trove Nutrition
Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented R&D Scientist I to join our dynamic Research & Development team, with a focus on sports nutrition product innovation. This role requires prior experience directly formulating and flavoring products across a variety of delivery matrices, including powders, ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages, baked/freeze-dried goods, and extruded items. The ideal candidate will combine a strong scientific foundation with creativity and practical hands-on execution to deliver innovative, consumer-accepted products from concept to commercialization.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and is passionate about performance nutrition, functional ingredients, and food science.
Key Responsibilities:
- Flavoring products.
- Hands-on development of innovative sports nutrition products in various delivery formats.
- Utilize the latest research and trends in nutritional science and biochemistry to guide development decisions and optimize product efficacy.
- Apply a deep understanding of physical and organic chemistry principles to drive product optimization and flavor development.
- Participate in and contribute to sensory evaluation studies; collect and interpret data to guide formulation adjustments for consumer acceptability.
- Conduct stability testing and troubleshoot formulation challenges with minimal supervision.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Legal, and external partners to ensure timely and compliant product launches.
- Operation of laboratory equipment including mixers, pH meters, Brix refractometers, density testers, and other analytical tools.
- Develop formulas considering ingredient claims, interactions in formulation, and implications for certificate of analysis standards.
- Manage multiple product development projects simultaneously, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and in alignment with strategic goals.
- Ensure exemplary record keeping, reporting, and documentation of all project activities in both written and electronic formats.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe laboratory environment in compliance with internal policies and safety standards.
- Awareness of regulatory requirements to ensure product claims and nutrition facts panels meet applicable standards (FDA, DSHEA, etc.).
- Coordinate and communicate effectively with contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs); support scale-up trials and commercial production activities.
- Refine and standardize raw material specifications.