Location
Chicago, IL | United States
Job description
Who We Are
We're Chomps, the fastest-growing meat snack brand reimagining best-for-you snacking. Made from the highest quality, humanely raised proteins, no sugar, and only real ingredients, we make snacking simple, delicious, and nutritious. Chomps can be found in over 20,000 stores nationwide with a strong e-commerce presence. Our mission is to inspire, educate, and fuel our community with accessible, sustainable, and real food that tastes great.
Traits of a Chompian If you've been called scrappy, resourceful, and persistent, then you might just be a Chompian. You're a team player who's self-motivated and action-oriented. You're committed to delivering efficiency and accuracy, and you happen to be great at proactive cross-functional communication. You're a critical thinker and a natural problem solver who enjoys details, research, and data. You take initiative and complete ownership of everything you do, and you'll go the extra mile for your team, consumers, and audience. You're hungry to learn with a passion to grow and improve every day. You also take a keen interest in health, fitness, and nutrition. Sound like you? Then we want to meat you.
What You Will Do As a Food Scientist at Chomps, you will play a key role in researching, developing, and improving our meat snack products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create unique formulations, optimize existing recipes, and ensure the highest standards of quality and taste. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in food science, a passion for creating exceptional products, and a commitment to Chomps' values of transparency, sustainability, and health.
Responsibilities - Developing new meat snack products from concept to commercialization, considering taste, texture, nutritional profile, and cost.
- Maintain accurate and detailed records of experiments, formulations, and test results.
- Collaborate with the production team to scale up new formulations for mass production.
- Stay abreast of current trends in the food industry.
- Support continuous improvement projects to enhance product quality, production efficiency, and sustainability.
- Analyze data to identify areas for improvement in processes, product formulation, and packaging.
- Use data-driven approaches to inform decision-making and strategy.
- Work cross-functionally with teams like operations, marketing, and supply chain to implement improvements.
- Stay informed about food safety regulations and ensure all products meet or exceed industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Prepare documentation and reports for regulatory submissions and audits.
Who You Are - Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Meat Science, or a related field.
- 3-4 years of experience in product development within the food industry, preferably in meat snacks or related categories.
- Strong knowledge of food chemistry, sensory evaluation, and formulation principles.
- Experience working in a plant environment, with a thorough understanding of manufacturing processes and equipment.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, with a capacity to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel to various plant locations to support R&D trials, process changes, and start-ups.
- Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with food safety regulations and quality assurance protocols.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and take initiative in identifying and pursuing product opportunities while maintaining alignment with team and company goals.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to travel up to 20-30% of the time
What You'll Get - Ability to make an impact: Join a rapidly growing and entrepreneurial-spirited team at a pivotal point to positively impact the food industry.
- Opportunities to grow: Advance within Chomps quickly based on outstanding performance.
- Competitive salary ranges: Salaries are based on verified market data and our philosophy of paying competitively for our size and industry. In addition to base salary, full-time team members receive equity in the company.
- Comprehensive benefits: Health/vision/dental, up to 6% employer 401k match, unlimited time off, monthly wellness and at-home stipends, paid maternity/paternity leave.
- Unlimited snacks: Enough meat sticks that if you wanted to eat your body weight in them you could (no judgment here).
Position : Food Scientist - Associate level
Type : Full-Time, exempt
Reports to : Director of R&D & Continuous Improvement
Location : Remote + travel 20-30%
Our Commitment Chomps is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. To achieve our mission of making nutritious food more accessible we greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which comes from diversity of all types, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do and the smart thing for our business. We're aware of the research showing that historically underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a job if they don't believe that they meet all of the criteria. Do you hesitate to submit an application because you believe you need to check every box? Please apply anyway with a thoughtful cover letter! We would love to hear from you to discuss how you can help us build a great team at Chomps. Important Notice: It has come to our attention that fraudsters have been posing as Chomps employees or recruiters and contacting job-seeking candidates regarding potential job opportunities. These fraudulent messages sometimes include a request for payment and confidential personal information. Please note that the Chomps recruiting process does not include asking candidates for payments or other confidential financial information.If you are applying for a job, you can confirm the legitimacy of a job posting by viewing current open roles: If you have questions please email us at
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