Senior Process Engineer - Biomanufacturing

Impossible Foods was founded to transform the global food system and reduce the impact of climate change by making the world’s most delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meat, fish, and dairy — from plants.
Through the revolutionary work of our world-class R&D team, we’re 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 negative environmental or public health impact.
Our flagship product, Impossible™ Burger, uses 96% less land, 87% less water and generates 89% less greenhouse gas emissions than conventional beef from cows. And the burger is just the beginning. We’re working on recreating every animal product, from chicken to fish, with plant-based ingredients that are vastly better for people and the planet. 
Impossible Foods has experienced spectacular growth over the last few years, and we continue to lead all aspects of the plant-based revolution – from discovery and innovation to commercial production and consumer education. We’re building an amazing team of brilliant, collaborative, mission-driven individuals who take pride in using their diverse skills to contribute to a better world. Our core values include leading with heart, thinking like scientists, and doing the right thing, and our employees embody these attributes in their work every day. 
Want to join the movement? You can help us solve the most urgent, important challenge facing the world today (and have fun doing it). Check out our job opening below:
You will design, optimize, and implement new food manufacturing processes that improve throughput, efficiency, cost, quality, safety, and reliability. You will work multi-functionally with R&D, Process Development, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Business functions to develop and implement these process improvements.

You Will:

• Identify and scope and test process-improvement opportunities for existing and future manufacturing lines. 
• Evaluate the scalability of R&D and Process Development projects. Fill knowledge-gaps related to how these projects meet manufacturing objectives.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing to build and implement continuous improvement projects which address immediate opportunities.
• Participate in large capital projects through the creation of project charters.  Ensure that the process requirements are being met throughout the project execution. 
• Analyze and model project feasibility and utility according to various business metrics.
• Scope and install equipment at bench, pilot, and manufacturing scale. Participate in all phases of equipment design, manufacture, and qualification.
• Document and communicate results through reports and presentations.
• Cultivate a collaborative learning environment and lead junior engineers.
• Travel up to 20% for projects and plant trials.

You Have:

• Minimum of BS in an Engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in a food/beverage manufacturing or R&D environment.
• -MS (+6 years) and PhD (+4 years)
• Experience using manufacturing-level process-improvement methods such as Kaizen, Six Sigma, and RCA.
• Experience in sanitary design, Sanitary 3-A, USDA, and FDA food processing as well as HACCP, OSHA, and other manufacturing standards.
• Experience in scaling processes between bench, pilot, and manufacturing scales with a deep understanding of key process parameters relevant to scale-up and tech-transfer for multiple operations.  Relevant processes include:
• -Aerobic Fermentation
• -Tangential-flow Filtration (MF/UF)
• -Centrifugation
• -Pasteurization
• -Cell-lysis methods
• -Filling / Packaging Operations
• -CIP
• Proven analytical and data driven problem-solving skills.
• A desire to lead projects from concept through validation: equipment specification, installation, commissioning, qualification, and verification.
• A positive attitude, and scientific courage.

Preferred:
• Experience in statistical analysis of manufacturing and experimental data using software such as DeltaV, OSI-Pi, Google Data Studio, JMP, and Minitab.  
• Experience with modeling software including: Aspen and SuperPro.
• Spanish fluency.

At Impossible Foods, safety is our priority. Our obligation to our employees (and their families and communities) includes providing a fully vaccinated workplace. It is widely recognized that vaccination is by far the safest and most effective tool for protecting ourselves and our community against the spread of Covid-19. For the sake of our employees, their families, and communities, Impossible Foods will require vaccination by February 1, 2022 for all US-based employees who are on-site at one of IF’s facilities or co-manufacturing facilities; are in a position that requires them to be in person with co-workers, customers, clients, or contractors; or are traveling on behalf of the Company, including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event.
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. 
Depending on your location, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here: https://impossiblefoods.com/careers/notice. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required.
If the ability to work remotely is indicated, this role can be performed from any US state except for Alaska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Hawaii, and Wisconsin.
This role is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.