FermentationEnzyme Application Development Specialist

Cedar Rapids, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Summary

Are you ready to take your skills to the next level and make a real impact

IFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare food consumer and industrial markets.

The role is based on Cedar Rapids IA (On- site role). Be part of a creative solution-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where Youll Make a Difference

Support the development of yeast and enzyme products for North American fuel ethanol and carbohydrate processing customers.
Perform hands-on laboratory work to support product development projects and customer technical requests.
Design execute interpret and report experiments at lab and pilot scale to generate meaningful technical insights.
Provide daytoday support for laboratory operations including maintaining equipment and ensuring workflow efficiency.
Generate technical data for application development product evaluation and customer troubleshooting.
Contribute to commercialization activities including formulation stability testing performance evaluation and marketing content.
Support pre-commercial and commercial trials of enzyme and yeast products at customer sites.
Collaborate crossfunctionally with Sales Technical Service R&D and Marketing teams to understand customer needs and regional process challenges.
Prepare and deliver technical presentations to internal stakeholders and customers.

What Makes You the Right Fit

MSc with 3 years of relevant experience or a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering Bioprocess Engineering Biochemistry Microbiology or similar with 6 years of relevant experience.
Handson experience performing biochemical or fermentation experiments at lab and/or pilot scale.
Strong understanding of enzyme kinetics fermentation fundamentals and bioprocess principles.
Experience using analytical techniques such as HPLC IC GC spectrophotometry viscosity measurements and biochemical assays.
Ability to analyze complex datasets and apply statistical inference to experimental results.
Experience using Design of Experiments (DoE) software for experimental design.
Strong problemsolving critical thinking and scientific decisionmaking abilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to support crossfunctional interactions and customer engagement.
Highly organized selfstarter with strong attention to detail and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

How Would You Stand Out

Experience in industrial biotechnology drygrind fuel ethanol carbohydrate processing or brewing.
Knowledge of enzymes and yeast used in starch/biomass processing or ethanol fermentation.
Experience with project management process scaleup/scaledown or statistical software such as JMP.

Why Choose Us

Work at the intersection of innovation biotechnology and sustainability in a global sciencedriven organization.
Collaborate with expert teams developing worldchanging enzymes and yeast technologies.
Engage directly with customers to influence realworld biofuel and bioprocess performance.
Opportunities for professional growth in a highly technical crossfunctional environment.
Competitive compensation benefits and development programs.
Contribute to sustainable solutions that shape the future of the biobased economy.

We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.

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Job SummaryAre you ready to take your skills to the next level and make a real impactIFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and b...