Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare, food, consumer and industrial markets.
The role is based in Castelo Branco, SP (on-site). Be part of a collaborative, innovative, and solution-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Design and execute lab- and pilot-scale experiments across grain processing operations, supporting the development of robust and scalable application solutions.
- Lead process optimization activities, with a strong focus on enzymatic oil degumming, as well as key grain ethanol production steps such as liquefaction, saccharification, fermentation, and downstream processing.
- Generate, analyze, and translate experimental data into industrial recommendations that support product development, customer applications, and business opportunities.
- Apply process engineering principles, including mass and energy balances, unit operation optimization, and process troubleshooting, to improve application outcomes.
- Support innovation beyond core ethanol applications, including coproduct upgrading for fiber, oil, and protein streams, as well as alternative process routes and adjacent bio-industrial applications.
- Contribute to the evaluation of biodiesel integration, oil processing value chains, alternative substrates, and new process configurations.
- Collaborate with global Research & Development, Commercial, and Technical Service teams to translate early-stage concepts into customer-relevant applied solutions.
- Provide advanced technical support for key customers, strategic initiatives, industrial trials, and regional projects across Latin America.
- Contribute to knowledge sharing, technical discussions, innovation workshops, and capability development within the regional team.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 9 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience, in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, or a related field.
- Strong background in chemical engineering is highly preferred, particularly in process engineering, unit operations, and industrial process optimization.
- Solid hands-on experience in grain processing, industrial fermentation, biofuels production, or related application development environments.
- Deep technical knowledge of biodiesel and/or oil processing, with the ability to apply this expertise to grain processing and adjacent bio-industrial applications.
- Experience working with process engineering tools and concepts, including mass balances, process simulation, process scale-up, and unit operation optimization.
- Proven ability to design experiments, interpret data, and convert technical findings into actionable recommendations.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work with complex industrial processes in a structured and data-driven way.
- Fluent English and Portuguese are required to support global collaboration and regional business needs.
- Willingness to travel up to approximately 20% for customer visits, industrial trials, regional project support, and occasional global technical meetings.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Spanish language skills would be a strong advantage for regional collaboration across Latin America.
- Experience with enzymes, yeast, process aids, or other technologies used in grain processing applications.
- Previous exposure to innovation programs, exploratory technical projects, or cross-functional product development initiatives.
Why Choose Us?
- Opportunity to contribute to innovation in Health & Biosciences and support sustainable, life-enhancing technologies.
- Exposure to advanced application development across grain processing, biofuels, coproduct valorization, and adjacent industrial markets.
- Collaboration with global Research & Development, Commercial, and Technical Service teams.
- Opportunity to work closely with customers and translate technical expertise into practical industrial impact.
- Participation in regional and global projects that support learning, development, and technical growth.
- A dynamic environment where your technical knowledge can help shape new solutions beyond traditional ethanol applications.
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with at least 9 years relevant experience, or Master's degree with at least 5 years in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, or related
- Hands-on experience in grain processing, industrial fermentation, or biofuels production
- Deep technical knowledge of biodiesel and/or oil processing including enzymatic oil degumming
- Experience with process engineering tools and concepts: mass and energy balances, process simulation, process scale-up, unit operations
- Proven ability to design experiments, interpret data, and convert findings into actionable recommendations
- Fluent English and Portuguese
- Willingness to travel up to approximately 20%
- Experience with enzymes, yeast, process aids or similar technologies used in grain processing
- Spanish language skills
- Previous exposure to innovation programs or cross-functional product development initiatives
IFF Family of Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IFF Family of Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by IFF Family of Companies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents is in place. This policy is positioned as a notable component of the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Core offerings include paid time off, sick days, holidays, and sabbatical leave. Flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks and hybrid/remote arrangements are available where feasible.
IFF Family of Companies Insights
What We Do
Meet IFF: We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs. An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave. With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same. Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet. Explore what sets us apart.
