Process Engineer III (Remote)

It's a Perfect Day to change the world! At Perfect Day, we're doing just that.
Perfect Day was founded in 2014 to create delicious, nutritious dairy products that everyone can love. We’re using fermentation (not animals) to make dairy proteins that are the foundation for foods like ice cream, cheese and yogurt – all with the distinctive taste and textures that consumers demand, but without lactose or environmental downsides. Through partnerships with respected brands, we’re working to launch a whole range of dairy products that will help shape a humane, sustainable food system for future generations. 
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Process Engineer to take the lead on fermentation process development. This position demands a motivated and strong-willed individual with strong communication and organizational skills.  The ideal candidate will be driven and will do what it takes to ensure successful and consistent production of our target proteins.  The selected candidate will join an experienced Manufacturing-team, is expected to be flexible, adaptable, and willing to contribute and support the others on the team.  We succeed together!

YOUR CONTRIBUTION:

• Responsible to deliver on product quality, cost, and quantity targets for commercial protein production.
• Lead and participate in a multidisciplinary team addressing critical issues in fermentation. Help set and execute the strategic and tactical direction in fermentation process development.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to drive manufacturing goals against aggressive timelines.  Oversee supporting activities to ensure manufacturing needs are met in full and on time. 
• Implement and continuously improve upon novel fermentation processes as required to meet production objectives.  Author documentation and instructions for successful operation of technology at manufacturing facilities.
• Contribute to a project team responsible for executing successful technology transfer and scale-up of fermentations from lab to manufacturing facilities.
• Assist Perfect Day’s ongoing and new capital projects with manufacturing partners.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• BS/MS in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, or a related discipline with 5+ years direct experience in scaling up fermentations.
• Must have deep technical acumen and expertise in implementation and optimization of fermentation technology, including knowledge of commercial scale fermentor operation and controls.  Experience in scale up of fermentation processes from bench to pilot to commercial is a requirement.
• Comprehensive understanding of fermentation data types, sources, and processing, to facilitate control charting, troubleshooting, and decision making.
• History of meeting expectations of internal and external stakeholders.
• Self-starter with good organizational skills; able to work effectively in cross-functional teams, provide strong analytic and process design skills, root cause analysis, training, and general communication.
• Project management training is an advantage.
• Ability to stand or sit for prolonged periods, climb, kneel, bend, and at times lift objects as heavy as 50 lbs.
• International travel will be required. The selected candidate must be able to travel internationally and return to the US during COVID restrictions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Position located in a mix of typical office, lab, and commercial manufacturing environments, and requires a tolerance for high worker traffic, close quarters, noise, odors, dust, transiently wet and dirty floors, and varying room temperatures and lighting.

It's a Perfect Day to change the world. The day when delicious dairy goodness is something everyone can love. The day we say goodbye to the downsides of factory farming. The day we throw a big party with luscious, animal-free milk, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream, all made with Perfect Day! We hope you join us!