Senior Engineer (Protein Process Development)

Company: Jobleads
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Senior Engineer (Protein Process Development) Impossible Foods is addressing the most catastrophic threats facing humanity: climate change and biodiversity collapse. A global transition to a plant-based food system will turn back the clock on atmospheric CO2 levels, restore natural ecosystems and reverse meltdown in wildlife biomass. The easiest -- if not only -- way to make our civilization sustainable is to eliminate livestock, the most dangerous technology on Earth. But humans won't give up meat. So we need to make meat better -- more delicious and more nutritious, without animals as the underlying production technology. That means that making meat sustainably is the most important and urgent problem for the global scientific community. Impossible Foods' mission is to completely replace the use of animals as a food-production technology by offering consumers everything they currently value about animal products -- and making products that are vastly superior to their animal analogues. To do this, we are taking a revolutionary scientific and market-based approach. We are inventing efficient, sustainable ways to transform ingredients from plants into meat, fish and dairy foods that deliver all the pleasures and nutritional benefits consumers demand, without the destructive environmental or public health impact. Our world-class R&D team has been building the know-how and technology platform to produce meat, fish and dairy foods from plants. Impossible Foods is experiencing rapid growth and is resolutely committed to leading all aspects of the plant-based food revolution"from discovery to commercial production. The only thing that will separate Impossible Foods from success and failure is our ability to recruit more world-class experts. Want to join? Check out the job opening and requirements below: We invite an experienced protein process development engineer to join the R&D team! They will work with the R&D scientists to help translate research insights into viable processes that can be scaled. They will establish and enable successful scale up of novel processes to isolate functional and low-flavor tasting plant proteins. You Will: Lead protein processing pilot projects to achieve both near term company objectives and long term strategic initiatives Design processes from bench to pilot scale. Identify equipment and vendors to meet product and process requirements. Lead trials at internal and external pilot plant sites Work with scientists, engineers, and architects to design and build piloting capability Guide process development & optimization of pilot to large scaleLead process/product CAPEX and OPEX cost modeling to guide project prioritization and scale-up recommendations Understanding and modification of Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping and Instrumentation diagrams (PI&Ds) & isometric piping diagrams Develop scaled down manufacturing processes at bench and pilot scaleMay travel up to 25% for FATs and plant trials You Have: Minimum of MS in an Engineering field 5+ years of experience in protein process development for food applications in pilot plants or manufacturing design & operations (food, biochemical and/or pharmaceutical.) 2 years of technical and/or project management experience Direct experience with food and/or biotech processes & systems, large scale manufacturing equipment, manufacturing plant design, project management and scale-up and troubleshooting Experience in scaling processes between bench, pilot, and manufacturing scales Experience in leading projects from concept through validation: equipment specification, installation, commissioning, qualification, and verification Strong analytical and problem-solving based on data Excellent communication skills, problem solving skills and can-do attitude Ability to work in fast paced cross functional environment Experience in sanitary design, Sanitary 3-A, USDA, and FDA food processing as well as HAACP, OSHA, and other food production standards Impossible Foods Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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