Senior Scientist, Air Care Development- Princeton, NJ

Senior Scientist, Air Care Development\n\nLocation: Princeton, NJ \n \n \n\n\nJoin our dynamic and innovative air care technical development team at dsm-firmenich, where innovation, diversity, and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do. The Senior Scientist will work closely with customers and cross\u2011functional perfumery teams, collaborate with R\u0026D to deepen fragrance performance understanding and build models that enhance creation efficiency. The Senior Scientist will also partner with open\u2011innovation groups to identify breakthrough technologies and bring them to strategic customers.\n\nYour Key Responsibilities:\n\n * Participate in and execute the air care category strategy with business units, perfumers, evaluators, and development teams, ensuring strong alignment with customer priorities.\n * Lead and supervise the development, testing, and evaluation of new technologies and product forms, driving differentiated solutions for strategic customers.\n * Support perfumers with scientific insights, performance data, and predictive models that improve creation efficiency and enable winning fragrance designs.\n * Manage global strategic innovation projects, ensuring scientific rigor, timely delivery, and clear communication across R\u0026D, commercial, and customer teams.\n * Define, implement, and validate scientific standards, methodologies, and procedures to ensure robustness and reproducibility of air care technical work.\n * Promote a partnership mindset with key clients and open\u2011innovation partners, while actively networking within the global R\u0026D organization to secure resources and continuously identify category\u2011driving innovations. \n\n\n\nWe Offer: \n\n * Join a vibrant, cross\u2011functional fragrance development community where scientists, perfumers, marketers, and developers come together to imagine what\u2019s next for air care \u2014 and make it real.\n * Shape the future of fragrance performance through a blend of short\u2011term discovery and long\u2011term innovation, working on projects that push boundaries and redefine what great air care can be.\n * Make a real impact in a company where sustainability is a lived purpose, driving positive change for people and the planet through responsible science and breakthrough technologies.\n * Grow with us in an environment that nurtures curiosity, learning, and ambition, offering meaningful opportunities to deepen your expertise, expand your influence, and build a career with purpose.\n * Be part of a company with a legacy of scientific leadership and transformative innovation, where your ideas help shape the next generation of products experienced by millions.\n * Join an inclusive, equal\u2011opportunity workplace that celebrates authenticity, values every voice, and empowers you to contribute at your highest potential.\n\n\n\nYou Bring:\n\n * Bachelor\u2019s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific field, supported by substantial professional experience in fragrance, air care, or adjacent product categories with minimum of 10 years industry experience. \n * Strong knowledge of analytical chemistry, sensory science, and product or formulation development, including familiarity with malodor control technologies.\n * Experience with data management tools, digital methodologies, or modeling approaches relevant to fragrance or product performance (a strong advantage).\n * A collaborative and cross\u2011functional mindset, with the ability to partner effectively across science, creation, marketing, development, and customer\u2011facing teams.\n * Creativity, autonomy, openness, initiative, and strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex scientific insights into clear, actionable recommendations.\n * Fluency in written and spoken English, with confidence presenting to both technical and non\u2011technical audiences. \n\n\n\nThe salary or hourly wage scale provided reflects the pay range dsm-firmenich expects to pay the successful candidate for the position. Individual pay offered will be based on the applicant\u2019s job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. This position is also eligible for bonuses and benefits, which are not included in the pay scale provided. Salary $133,000 -$145,000.\n\nAbout dsm-firmenich\n\nAt dsm-firmenich, we don\u2019t just meet expectations \u2013 we go beyond them.\n\nJoin our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.\n\nFrom elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions \u2013 every single day. Whether it\u2019s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that\u2019s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.\n\nAnd while you\u2019re making a difference, we\u2019ll make sure you\u2019re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They\u2019re essential to our future. \n\nBecause real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.\n\nThe application process\n\nInterested in this position? Please apply online by uploading your resume in English by April 3, 2026.\n\nInclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement\n\nAt dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly the kind of culture we\u2019re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.\n\nWe\u2019re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we\u2019re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we\u2019re committed to reflecting the world we serve.\n\nWe welcome candidates from all backgrounds \u2014 no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.\n\nAnd if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we\u2019re here to help \u2013 just let us know what you need, and we\u2019ll do everything we can to make it work.\n\nAgency statement\n\nWe\u2019re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you\u2019re applying as an individual, we\u2019d love to hear from you. We\u2019re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role\n