Scientist - Heme Quality

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:
This Scientist position is a critical role in the Heme Product Quality group at Impossible Foods which sits within the R&D Downstream Isolation team. In this role, you will collaborate with other heme teams such as Strain Development, Fermentation, Engineering and Analytics as well as the end user Product teams. You will evaluate the quality and shelf life of our heme ingredient using various analytical, physicochemical and microbiological testing methods. You will develop work schedules and design the experiments to test the product. You will also analyze and present the data and write technical reports. You will assist with optimizing scaling, and validating our heme manufacturing process and identifying innovative approaches for improving the quality and extending the shelf life of the heme product. You will work with corporate Quality to support root cause analysis on any out of spec heme product. You are someone who loves science and is passionate about making a big impact and creating products to change the world. 

You Will:

• Work with other teams to evaluate the quality and shelf life of heme and validate the product/process.
• Coordinate shelf life and stability testing: sensory, analytical, physicochemical & microbial, including data analysis and reporting, for multiple different projects/products.
• Design and conduct experiments to improve heme shelf life.
• Optimize shelf life testing methods.
• Must demonstrate excellent record keeping/documentation skills, attention to detail and accountability.
• Develop SOPs and follow established procedures.
• Maintain a clean, sanitary, organized and safe workplace.
• Voice ideas, concerns and solutions to teammates.
• Participate in internal sensory panels.
• Perform other tasks as assigned. 

You Have:

• BS in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Food Science or a similar field plus 6+ years of experience in industry or academic experience (MS/PhD).
• Experience with stability testing, ideally using colorimetry, sensory and microbial testing.
• Must have project management skills and be able to lead multiple tasks concurrently with high attention to detail.
• Ability to document work, analyze data, and generate timely and accurate reports.
• Self-motivated with good interpersonal skills.
• The ability to be flexible to changing priorities in a fast paced work environment.
• Comfortable designing experiments and testing hypothesis.
• Knowledge of protein biochemistry and experience working with protein solutions is a plus.
• General background in microbiology is a plus.
• Experience with statistical softwares and data analysis procedures is a plus.
• Taste samples that contain meat, soy & wheat. 

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.