Sensient Technologies is looking for an Innovation Process Developer to help bring new flavor creations to life by working in lab and pilot plant settings, scaling up concepts, solving production challenges, and supporting technology development.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in a pilot plant, production, or lab setting—ideally with exposure to processes like spray drying, percolation, or distillation.
- Interest in process troubleshooting, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to translate experimental results into practical production solutions.
- Familiarity with both upstream and downstream processing techniques is helpful.
Responsibilities
- Work with cross-functional teams across global locations to implement new technologies and facilitate technology transfer.
- Provide technical input on new product development by evaluating ingredients and manufacturing methods.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of natural extract formulations with a focus on stability and flavor performance.
- Assist with troubleshooting and improving existing processes, identifying opportunities for efficiency and quality enhancements.
- Operate pilot-scale equipment to support process scale-ups, optimization, and limited production runs.
- Participate in small-scale production efforts and generate samples for testing and customer evaluation.
- Support process documentation, including operating procedures, flow diagrams, and quality records.
Other
- A degree in chemistry, food science, food engineering, or chemical engineering.
- Strong communication skills and comfort working both independently and within collaborative teams.
- Willingness and ability to travel to support project execution at various manufacturing sites.
- Due to our inability to offer visa sponsorship, we can only consider candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without the need for employment visa sponsorship.
- We are unable to offer relocation assistance. The successful candidate will be expected to work at Hoffman Estates, IL and must reside in area or be willing to commute.
