Flavor R&I Scientist

Plainsboro, NJ, US

Hybrid

Join the Flavor industry’s premier flavor analysis team! dsm-firmenich has an exciting professional opportunity for an experienced flavor analyst in our Flavor Creation community. Work in collaboration with our flavorists to facilitate the creation of winning flavors.

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Your key responsibilities

• Perform analytical determinations on finished product food and beverage samples with the objective of completely identifying the volatile profile and content of the flavor within the product.

• Perform quantitative HPLC analyses of select non-volatile taste compounds.

• Define and perform extraction techniques that allow the volatiles in food products to be extracted in total from the food product and introduced into a medium suitable for GC-MS determination.

• Define and perform data analysis techniques that allow complex volatiles analysis to be completed.

• Report analyses in a format that includes a suggested formula and allows the flavorist to create a flavor that can be used in a base similar to the target food product to give similar organoleptic properties.

• Perform routine maintenance of analytical equipment.

  We bring

• A continuous learning/mentoring working environment

• Empowerment to make meaningful contributions while upholding ethical standards.

• Recognition and celebration of your efforts and accomplishments.

• Opportunities for growth and advancement for those who embrace innovation and take initiative.

• Collaboration with experts in health, nutrition, and beauty to drive progress.

• Customer-first approach, working with world-renowned brands to turn ideas into impactful solution.

  You bring

• B.S. or M.S. (preferred) in Analytical Chemistry or Food Science

• 2-5 years of experience with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis

• Experience with routine GC-MS equipment maintenance

• Experience with quantitative HPLC or UPLC analysis and equipment maintenance, desirable. Familiarity with Agilent OpenLab CDS software for HPLC preferred.

• Experience in flavor analysis preferred

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