Food Formulation & Applications Scientist

About This Role

This role is at the intersection of advanced ingredient science and applied food formulation, bridging the gap between laboratory-developed technologies and real-world product applications. The scientist will integrate Zolvia's active ingredients into various food, beverage, and supplement matrices, ensuring their stability and performance in consumer products. This position is crucial for shaping the product development roadmap and strengthening commercial partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Take Zolvia's actives and lead their integration into targeted food, beverage, and supplement matrices, such as RTD/energy drinks, functional gummies, powder blends, and bars
• Design and run structured formulation trials, rigorously evaluating compatibility, stability, and performance across each format
• Test ingredients against pH swings, heat, osmotic stress, and co-ingredients like electrolytes, sugars, sweeteners, and acids to identify breakdown points
• Troubleshoot formulation challenges, including stability failures, sensory problems, and processing incompatibilities, and provide solutions
• Build and maintain detailed application testing protocols, product specifications, and critical quality parameters for each matrix under evaluation
• Define stability and shelf-life validation requirements aligned to specific product formats and target markets
• Keep meticulous lab records and produce technical reports that translate data into clear, actionable recommendations
• Contribute to regulatory dossiers, IP documentation, and technical submissions where needed
• Develop proof-of-concept prototypes for pilot trials, clients, and internal validation
• Get hands-on with pilot batches and first commercial runs, spotting and solving formulation and scale-up risks
• Work with the delivery technology team, feeding real-world application data back into the ingredient development cycle
• Partner with commercial and regulatory teams on ingredient feasibility, claims, and market-specific requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor

or Master's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Nutrition Science, Applied Chemistry, or a related discipline

• 3

5 years of hands-on formulation experience in food/nutrition manufacturing, ingredient solutions, or a B2B food applications environment

• Background in ingredient solutions companies, contract food manufacturers, or large-scale food and dairy processing organizations
• Strong practical knowledge of food matrices: RTD and functional beverages, gummies, supplement formats, capsules, and soft-gels
• Solid grasp of ingredient interactions, stability science, and the physicochemical realities of formulating with sensitive or encapsulated bioactives