Principal Scientist - Biocomposites

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:
Impossible Foods is looking for a versatile, innovative and mission-aligned scientist to join the Materials & Texture team! The overarching goal of the group is to build up a diverse repertoire of plant-based materials that enable re-creation of any animal-based foods. Controlling the interactions between the components from which such materials are built is a general problem that the group needs to solve for many different applications. We are looking for a creative scientist that can focus on this problem with an open-mind and a broad arsenal of chemical, biochemical and physico-chemical approaches. Background in the areas of composites and biomaterials is likely to be helpful, but a forward-thinking and driven scientist from any broadly related background, interested and capable of taking on this problem, will be considered.
This role will function in close collaboration with several project teams, developing tools that enable the progress of the project as much as doing fundamental research developing technology in their area of specialization. As a Principal Scientist, the candidate will be supervising a team of scientists, research associates and technicians, guiding their research, helping with experimental designs and engineering solutions, and mentoring their scientific development.
The ideal candidate is a person who can generate ideas, influence and drive them forward, rather than simply execute; someone who is a specialist in state-of-the-art, but can challenge existing paradigms and innovate rather than relying on an established playbook.

You Will:

• Spearhead research aimed at deeper understanding and better control of interaction of components in protein-based composite materials.
• Design, coordinate, supervise and perform experiments developing chemical, biochemical, physico-chemical, and other approaches to controlling such interactions.
• Work with 1-3 project teams on creation of new plant based meat projects.

You Have:

• PhD. in Material Science, Textiles, Physical Chemistry, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biological or Chemical Engineering or any other relevant field. BS or MSc degrees will be considered given the evidence of PhD+ level of knowledge in the relevant areas.
• Track record of publications and presentations indicative of high regard for candidate’s research in relevant areas among peers.
• Demonstrated ability to conceive original ideas, articulate them clearly and design experiments to test them.
• Ability and desire to work effectively in a team, leading and mentoring research associates, collaborating with fellow scientists and engineers, and setting an example of scientific excellence for the team.

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.