Product Development Scientist

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.

Product Development Scientist at Ajinomoto Cambrooke developing medical nutrition products. Collaborating with teams to ensure product quality and efficacy for patient outcomes.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeAyer • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $105,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Utilize your exemplary food science and ingredient know-how to co-create and execute medical formula products against ACI’s strategic R&D roadmap to support the overall corporate strategy while meeting the internal quality expectations.
Support the Leadership and Management teams with scientific support in the areas of product development, clinical development, product manufacturing and new ingredient compound / product initiatives.
Research and help develop clinical evidence supporting existing and new products and ingredient compounds for use in commercial activities.
Participate in conferences, clinician meetings and other forums to present ACI’s clinical evidence.
Ensure existing and new products, processes or ingredient compounds have strong Intellectual Property protection thus providing ACI a sustained competitive advantage.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum bachelor’s in food science, nutrition, or related field; Master’s degree preferred. PhD, PharmD a plus.
5+ years of experience in product development, with ability to take concepts from bench top to commercialization for nutritional beverages and / or nutritional powder blends from concept to commercialization.
5+ years in basic and applied research and development preferably in small/mid-sized nutrition, food and/or biotech company. Experience with food/beverage formulation and manufacture of nutritional products that meet stability, sensory and nutritional requirements. Direct experience with aseptic processing / Tetra Pak® a plus.
Expert scientific knowledge in food science with emphasis on product development involving interaction amongst ingredients and impact of process techniques on use of micro-nutrients.
Experience with nutritional modeling software and familiarity with FDA regulations preferred, exposure to EU regulations a plus.
Able to design and monitor product shelf-life procedures both regular and accelerated for nutritional products.
Strong translational science background with experience in converting basic nutrition-science insights into consumable products.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Pay and Annual Bonus Opportunity
401(k) with Company Contributions
Medical, Dental, and Vision — Effective Day 1
Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, and Floating Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Programs and Yearly Wellness Reimbursement
Work Flexibility
Company-Paid Life and Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities
Career Growth and Development within a Global Organization
Company-Provided Mental Health and Caregiving support

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Hard Skills & Tools

food scienceingredient formulationproduct developmentclinical developmentnutritional beveragesnutritional powder blendsaseptic processingnutritional modeling softwareshelf-life procedurestranslational science

Soft Skills

leadership supportscientific communicationcollaborationpresentation skills

Certifications

bachelor's in food sciencemaster's degreePhDPharmD