Fermentation Application Development Specialist
| Company | International Flavors & Fragrances |
|---|---|
| Location | Cedar Rapids, IA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or a closely related field with 6+ years of relevant experience
- OR MSc with a relevant academic background with 3+ years relevant work experience
- Lab research experience in an academic or industrial setting
- Understanding of enzyme kinetics and fermentation basics
- Experience performing biochemical and/or fermentation experiments at lab- and/or pilot-scales
- Experience with analytical techniques relevant for monitoring biochemical and fermentation processes such as HPLC, IC, GC, spectrophotometry, viscosity, biochemical assays, etc
- Ability to analyze complex data sets and use statistical inference
- The successful candidate must be motivated, creative, have strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Demonstrates judgment and decision-making skills
- Demonstrates ability to perform advanced tasks in complex situations on a frequent basis
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team such as marketing, quality, sales and technical service as well as research and development
- Capability to work independently and collaboratively
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Self-starter with good organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail
- Customer focused
- Demonstrated aptitude in science-based innovation
- Willingness to travel up to 15%, including to customer commercial production facilities
Responsibilities
- Hands-on laboratory work to design, execute, analyze, report and present experimental plans and results
- Support day-to-day laboratory operations
- Generate technical data and support for application development projects and customer support in fuel ethanol and carbohydrate processing
- Contribute to the technical development of enzyme and yeast products during the commercialization process: formulation and stability, performance evaluation, marketing material generation, scale-up, and post-launch support
- Prepare and present presentations on marketing and technical content
- Support Sales and Technical Service efforts through analysis of customer samples via biochemical and analytical chemistry techniques, lab-scale simulations of customer processes, method development, and remote and onsite technical support
- Interact with Sales & Technical Service teams as well as with North American Grain Processing customers to understand regional aspects of their processes and needs
- Design, execute, interpret, and report on experiments at lab- and pilot-scales
- Support precommercial trials of enzyme and yeast products at customer sites
- Develop technical knowledge of products and their applications
- Technical leadership of projects
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a related industry: industrial biotechnology, dry grind fuel ethanol, carbohydrate processing, brewing, etc
- Experience with enzymes and/or yeast relevant for starch and biomass processing and ethanol fermentation
- Experience with project management
- Experience with process scale-up or scale-down
- Proficiency with statistical analysis software such as JMP