Junior Food Applications Scientist (M/F)

What You’ll Do As a Junior Food Applications Scientist, you will play a key role in unlocking the potential of Sunbloom’s innovative sunflower protein ingredients across a wide range of food applications. In your first months, your primary focus will be on application development and technical experimentation. You will build a deep understanding of our ingredients and generate the technical evidence needed to demonstrate their value to customers and partners.

Your responsibilities will include: -Designing and conducting trials to evaluate the functionality and application potential of Sunbloom ingredients -Developing, preparing, and assessing food prototypes -Investigating the impact of formulations and processing conditions on texture, stability, functionality, and sensory properties -Benchmarking Sunbloom solutions against alternative ingredients and competing products -Translating experimental results into practical recommendations, application guidelines, and compelling technical arguments -Documenting findings and sharing insights with technical, innovation, and commercial teams Your initial projects will focus on dairy alternatives and hybrid dairy products, savory applications, and active nutrition, with opportunities to expand into new application areas as the business grows. Grow With Us This position is designed as a genuine development opportunity. As you build expertise in our ingredients and applications, you will progressively take on a more customer-facing role, working closely with customers, distributors, and innovation partners to support their product development projects.

Over time, you will have the opportunity to: -Support Sales and Technical Sales teams with formulation and application challenges -Contribute to customer development projects and application trials -Recommend technical solutions tailored to customer needs -Prepare and deliver technical presentations, training sessions, and application materials -Collaborate with distributors, research partners, and external experts -Represent Sunbloom at customer meetings, trade shows, innovation events, and technical forums. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop a broad skill set at the intersection of food science, product innovation, technical applications, and customer engagement, making it an ideal position for a curious and ambitious food scientist looking to grow their career in the ingredient industry. A rich technical environment Although you will be part of the Sunbloom team and based in Munich, you will regularly travel to Bruz in France to work with Avril’s R D and Innovation community, with opportunities to collaborate and exchange ideas with other Food Scientists, ingredient specialists, and food application experts.

You will have access to Innolab’s facilities, expertise, and resources, while focusing on Sunbloom’s business priorities and customer projects.