Updated: Mar 19, 2025 - The Senior Development Scientist supports the business growth agenda, and develops innovation opportunities within the dry platform ensuring product competitiveness and effective portfolio strategies. This role translates consumer insights into holistic concepts and facilitates prototype creation while aligning design briefs with cross-functional teams and establishing clear design attributes and quality targets. The senior also leads productivity initiatives and continuous improvement projects to enhance overall business continuity and strengthen product design expertise within the pet food segment.


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1. Senior Development Scientist, BioInnovations Inc., San Diego, CA
Job Summary:
- Understand the strip manufacturing process.
- Designs and performs Design Of Experiments (DOE)
- Leads and conducts data analysis in identifying root causes of strip performance issues.
- Leads necessary design changes for continuous improvement of UA strip manufacturing
- Performs urinalysis tests, QC, and instrument maintenance on automatic analyzer.
- Performs proficiency testing, and Leads with laboratory accreditation requirements.
- Performs specimen collection as necessary
- Formulates test solutions in both laboratory and strip production environment
- Sets up, adjusts, maintains and cleans laboratory equipment.
- Analyzes the results of tests and experiments to ensure conformity to specifications, using special mechanical and electrical devices
- Maintains inventory/supplies necessary for testing purposes.
Skills on Resume:
- Strip Manufacturing Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- DOE Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Root Cause Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Continuous Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Urinalysis and QC (Hard Skills)
- Lab Accreditation (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
2. Senior Development Scientist, GenTech Solutions, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Take responsibility for organizing test data.
- Prepares and completes formal and informal test reports
- Ensure all laboratory work is documented in compliance with company policies and regulatory bodies.
- Properly maintain laboratory notebooks/log books, review, sign and date technologists notebooks.
- Maintains a clean and safe work area to ensure the safety of yourself and co-workers.
- Shows professional interest through self-development, continuing education, and involvement in professional organizations, presents a positive attitude and professional appearance.
- Evaluate data generated and prepare/present to the group
- Understands Danaher Business System tools and applies them to day-to-day work
- Ensures compliance with organizational policies, procedures and regulatory requirements
- Collaborates with stakeholders in other functions and leads the Design Change Plan
- Collaborates Engineering team in relevant UA R&D projects
Skills on Resume:
- Test Data Organization (Hard Skills)
- Test Report Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Compliance Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Laboratory Notebook Management (Hard Skills)
- Clean and Safe Work Practices (Soft Skills)
- Professional Development (Soft Skills)
- Data Evaluation and Presentation (Hard Skills)
- Danaher Business System Application (Hard Skills)
3. Senior Development Scientist, Nova Research Group, Raleigh, NC
Job Summary:
- Responsible for delivering Product Development Formulations.
- Support and drive future innovations and come up with new ideas in food science and processing technologies
- Prepare and review technical documents necessary for each phase of product development.
- Responsible for executing plant trials and the first commercial productions of innovation projects in the plant
- Responsible for analytical work associated with product development.
- Contributes to and assists in the qualification of new ingredients, processes, and packaging components.
- Participates in multiple development projects of moderate to high complexity simultaneously
- Designs and proposes product specifications that contribute to the overall product development strategy
- Builds and maintains networking relationships with external partners & internal resources to acquire other technical knowledge and experiences.
- Supervises other PD scientists and supports them in their daily jobs and project deliveries.
Skills on Resume:
- Product Development Formulations (Hard Skills)
- Innovation in Food Science (Soft Skills)
- Technical Document Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Plant Trials Execution (Hard Skills)
- Analytical Work in Product Development (Hard Skills)
- Ingredient and Process Qualification (Hard Skills)
- Project Management (Soft Skills)
- Networking and Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
4. Senior Development Scientist, Advanced Biosystems LLC, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Supports the business growth agenda by developing future innovation opportunities within the dry platform
- Develops and implements the product and portfolio strategy to support the growth agenda
- Ensure product performance competitiveness across the dry portfolio
- Lead the translation of consumer insights into holistic concepts (product).
- Use appropriate tools to facilitate concept and prototype evaluation (creation and presentation).
- Create and align product design briefs with cross-functional project teams.
- Specify product design attributes and quality targets.
- Lead agreed productivity (DiB) projects and initiatives.
- Support continuous improvement projects driven by Dry factories.
- Support business continuity contingencies that would require product development input.
- Contribute product design expertise to unit, regional, and global communities for the pet food segment.
Skills on Resume:
- Innovation Opportunity Development (Soft Skills)
- Product and Portfolio Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Product Performance Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Consumer Insight Translation (Soft Skills)
- Concept and Prototype Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Product Design Brief Creation (Hard Skills)
- Productivity Project Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Continuous Improvement Support (Soft Skills)