Job Summary
Are you ready to turn engineering ideas into innovative flavor delivery solutions used in products around the world?IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.
The role is based in Union Beach, New Jersey, United States (onsite role).
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.
As an Associate Process Engineer, Flavor Encapsulation, you will support IFF’s strategic mission of Re-Imagine Delivery® by designing solutions that help drive consumer preference in our customers’ products. You will join a close-knit research team advancing encapsulation and delivery technologies for flavors.
In this role, you will develop and optimize processes for novel encapsulation technologies involving volatile and non-volatile flavors. You will apply engineering principles, formulation knowledge and process expertise to solve technical challenges and help move new technologies from laboratory development through commercialization.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Design, execute and document laboratory, pilot-scale and manufacturing process trials
- Analyze experimental results and process data to support technical decisions and advance projects
- Develop and optimize encapsulation, flavor delivery, drying and related processing technologies
- Prepare technical reports, experimental summaries, operating procedures and project documentation
- Collaborate with scientists, engineers, manufacturing teams and external partners to achieve project objectives
- Support technology scale-up and transfer from development through commercialization
- Troubleshoot process and equipment issues using sound engineering and scientific principles
- Support pilot plant operations, equipment evaluations, commissioning activities and process improvement initiatives
- Maintain accurate experimental records in electronic laboratory notebook systems, participate in safety reviews and present technical findings to internal stakeholders
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, food engineering, process engineering or a related engineering discipline
- Up to three years of experience in process development, manufacturing, pilot plant operations or research and development
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Ability to collect, analyze and interpret technical and process data
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings to stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced research environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and technical documentation systems
- Ability to work safely in laboratory, pilot plant and manufacturing environments while following company safety policies and procedures
How Would You Stand Out?
- Experience with flavor, food, ingredient, encapsulation, spray-drying or related processing technologies
- Experience with pilot plant operations, process scale-up, manufacturing operations or continuous improvement
- Familiarity with statistical analysis, experimental design, electronic laboratory notebooks and data management systems
Physical Requirements
- Ability to work in laboratory, pilot plant and manufacturing environments
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment
- ATment operations for extended periods during trials
Why Choose Us?
- Conduct hands-on research involving innovative flavor encapsulation and delivery technologies
- Work across laboratory, pilot-scale and manufacturing environments
- Contribute to projects from early-stage development through scale-up and commercialization
- Collaborate with scientists, engineers, manufacturing teams and external technical partners
- Build experience in process development, equipment evaluation and technical problem-solving
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
Salary Ranges:
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, food engineering, process engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- Up to three years of experience in process development, manufacturing, pilot plant operations, or research and development
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to collect, analyze, and interpret technical and process data
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including presenting findings to stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple assignments in a fast-paced research environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and technical documentation systems
- Ability to work safely in laboratory, pilot plant, and manufacturing environments while following safety policies and procedures
- Experience with flavor, food, ingredient, encapsulation, spray-drying, or related processing technologies
- Experience with pilot plant operations, process scale-up, manufacturing operations, or continuous improvement
- Familiarity with statistical analysis, experimental design, electronic laboratory notebooks, and data management systems
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment
- Ability to stand and perform operations for extended periods during trials
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.
