Product Development Scientist - 1440 Foods Manufacturing : Job Details

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.