Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

About us:

Based in Berkeley, CA, UPSIDE Foods grows meat, poultry, and seafood directly from real animal cells. These products are not vegan or vegetarian—they are delicious meat, made without the need to raise and slaughter billions of animals. In doing so, the company aims to address some of the most pressing environmental, animal welfare, and public health challenges, while still giving people the meat they love.

Founded as the world's first cultivated meat company in 2015, UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) has achieved numerous industry-defining milestones, including being the first company to produce multiple species of meat (beef, chicken, and duck) and to sell a cultivated meat product in the United States. The company believes that people shouldn't have to choose between the foods they love and a thriving planet, and is working to build a better food system with access to delicious, humane, and sustainable meat, poultry, and seafood.

UPSIDE Foods has won various industry awards, including New York Times' Good Tech Awards, FastCo's Next Big Thing in Tech and World Changing Ideas Awards, and the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation by the National Association for Business Resources. UPSIDE Foods has raised a total of $608 million, including from the Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG), Baillie Gifford, Bill Gates, Cargill, John Doerr, John Mackey, Kimbal and Christiana Musk, Norwest, Richard Branson, Softbank, Temasek, Threshold, Tyson Foods, and others.

About this job:

The Food Scientist I/II will primarily be responsible for assisting the product formulation team on new product development. You should be capable of contributing to the design, troubleshooting, and execution of experiments while employing critical thinking and organizational skills throughout the product development process. You should be able to evaluate prototypes, collect data, and make recommendations on next steps to achieve product targets. This role will require leaning on academic training, current academic literature, and industry contacts to screen novel solutions targeted at improving specific product attributes.

Responsibilities include:

• Independently manages and executes routine product development experiments utilizing food engineering and technology concepts - must be able to work autonomously.
• Manage an entire product workstream within the larger product development pipeline.
• Supports the design of experiments to screen novel functional ingredients and processing technologies.
• Owns and organizes operational data over prototype lifecycle (formulas, photos, tasting notes, analytical testing, etc.).
• Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to meet multiple, complex project deadlines.
• Summarizing and presenting results to their supervisor and the larger team in an organized, concise, and logical manner, both verbally and visually.

About you:

• BS in food science, meat science, nutrition, chemistry, or other applicable field, with 3+ years of relevant experience (or relevant internship experience), or MS with 1+ years of experience.
• Experience developing products from concept to commercialization is required, experience in meat/seafood processing, alternative proteins, and culinary arts is preferred.
• Working knowledge of common functional ingredients and their technical impact on various food systems.
• Experience working in a commercial processing environment is preferred.
• Experience working collaboratively with internal and external partners (sales, marketing, comanufacturers, ingredient suppliers, etc.)
• Deep desire to learn, explore, and experiment with new technology for cell-cultivated meat processing.
• Ability to continuously challenge assumptions and create innovative solutions.
• Great communication, report writing, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Can-do attitude, full of integrity, excited to work under our Big Tent.

Who you'll work with:

• This role will partner with R&D, sensory, regulatory, and production to develop and commercialize cultivated meat products.
• This role will most frequently interact with our Product Development and Manufacturing teams.

Compensation Range : $85,000 - $110,000*
*Pay may vary depending on factors including job-related knowledge and skills.

UPSIDE Benefits!

• Stock options for all full-time incoming team members!
• 90-100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for team members (medical [including HSA and FSA], dental, and vision)
• Pet insurance for your furry family members!
• Unlimited PTO
• Company-sponsored learning & development opportunities

UPSIDE Foods is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Our company-wide mission is to create a product for everyone, so we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.

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