Substrate Engineer (7175)

Scientific Development and Formulation Specialist

Join a leading international consumer goods company driven by innovation, science, and technological advancement. The organization is transforming its business through the development of innovative products and expanding into wellness and healthcare. It fosters a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative working environment, bringing together professionals from different backgrounds and disciplines, with a strong commitment to scientific excellence, sustainability, and continuous innovation.

This position focuses on the scientific development, formulation, characterization, and optimization of innovative substrate materials for next-generation products. It involves designing and executing laboratory experiments, developing new material formulations, evaluating physical and chemical properties, and translating scientific findings into product performance improvements. The role also encompasses prototype development, process optimization, and scale-up from laboratory to industrial manufacturing, ensuring product quality, safety, compliance, and consistency. Working at the intersection of materials science, formulation engineering, and product development, this position contributes to technological innovation, improved product performance, and the continuous advancement of substrate technologies. This is a 12-month contract role.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage hands-on new substrate formulations from laboratory to industrial scale.
• Establish the link between raw material properties and product deliveries.
• Define and implement development plans to drive speed, quality, cost-effectiveness, competitiveness, and compliance of substrates across platforms and products.
• Support scientific product and process understanding to establish requirements based on risk assessment, performance, safety, quality criteria, and timely release.
• Carry out activities ensuring that compliance policies, standards, and related laws are respected.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant working or residency permit or Swiss/EU citizenship required.
• Master's Degree in Biochemistry, Food Technology, or Agri Food Process Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience participating in end-to-end new product design and development engineering.
• Skills in creativity, critical thinking, material science and engineering, prototyping, and experimentation.
• Competencies in innovation, system architecture and integration, testing and validation, product design and development, and quality assurance and control.