Product Development Scientist

Position Title: Product Development Scientist (Confidential Client)

Location: Ayer, MA | On-site

Employment Type: Permanent

Compensation

• Salary: $111,000–$130,000


• Bonus: Performance-based bonus (12.5%) program

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off and holidays; 401(k) with company match; opportunities for professional growth and advancement; employee discount programs.

Company Overview (Confidential)

Our Client is a manufacturing company in Ayer, MA that develops medical nutrition beverage and powder products.

Position Summary

Our Client is seeking a Product Development Scientist. You will develop and optimize medical nutrition beverage and powder formulations using food science expertise while supporting clinical evidence, ingredient initiatives, IP protection, and GMP and food safety compliance.

Primary Functions

• Apply food science and ingredient expertise to develop and execute medical nutrition formulas aligned with the company’s R&D roadmap and quality standards.


• Develop and optimize nutritional beverage and powder formulations to meet nutritional, sensory, and stability goals.


• Collaborate with Medical Nutrition, Marketing, and Sales to align product design with business and patient needs.


• Research and evaluate new ingredients and medical nutrition opportunities.


• Provide scientific support to leadership across product development, clinical development, manufacturing, and new ingredient initiatives.


• Support development of clinical evidence for existing and new products and ingredients.


• Participate in conferences and clinician meetings to present clinical evidence.


• Manage vendor relationships to source compliant ingredients.


• Support intellectual property protection for products, processes, and ingredients.


• Follow GMP, food safety, and workplace safety policies.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Must-Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Nutrition, or related field.


• 5+ years of hands-on product development experience in food, beverage, nutrition, supplement, or nutraceutical environments.


• Proven bench-level formulation, testing, and troubleshooting experience.


• Strong understanding of ingredient functionality, processing impact, and nutrient stability.


• Experience executing shelf-life and stability studies.


• Familiarity with GMPs and FDA regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s preferred; PhD or PharmD a plus.


• EU exposure a plus.