Senior Formulation Chemist - Berkeley, CA (On-site)

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Job Description

Job Title: Senior Formulation Chemist - Berkeley, CA (On-site)

Job Summary

An innovative home care company focused on eco-friendly cleaning products (including laundry detergent sheets) is seeking a Senior Formulation Chemist reporting to the Director of R&D. This role supports product improvement, innovation, new formula prototype development, lab testing, and quality control across turnkey formulations and manufacturing scale-up.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop new formula prototypes and run lab testing under the direction of the Director of R&D to support ongoing product innovation

  • Partner with cross-functional teams (including Product Development) to manage technical readiness for assigned projects

  • Participate in production trials at manufacturing facilities and support R&D process development engineers with scaling up from lab to pilot plant/production

  • Maintain detailed records of experiments, stability testing, and analytical results to ensure accurate documentation and traceability

  • Implement and maintain quality control procedures to ensure product consistency and reliability

  • Maintain laboratory safety protocols according to county and state regulations

  • Order and manage inventory of lab supplies and raw materials

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering, or a related field

  • Experience in Home Care formulation (laundry, APC, ADW, floor cleaner, etc.)

  • Experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), mixture experiments, and statistical approaches to developing chemical-based products

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of formulation and product development experience in personal care, beauty, or home care products

  • Familiarity with statistical analysis tools (e.g., JMP software for ANOVA, DOE, Process Control)

Ideal CandidateA detail-oriented Senior Formulation Chemist with 5+ years of experience in home care formulation (specifically laundry or cleaners). Possesses strong statistical and DOE analytical capabilities (e.g., JMP software), skilled in lab scale-up to pilot manufacturing, and capable of pivoting quickly in a fast-growing consumer product environment.

Numbers & Facts

LocationIndianapolis, Indiana

Skills

  • Biologyunmatched
  • Chemical Engineeringunmatched
  • Chemistryunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Experiment Designunmatched
  • Green Businessunmatched
  • Home Careunmatched
  • Housekeeping/Cleaningunmatched
  • Inventory Managementunmatched
  • Laboratory Managementunmatched
  • Laboratory Testingunmatched
  • Laundryunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Personal Careunmatched
  • Pilot Plantunmatched
  • Process Control Engineeringunmatched
  • Process Developmentunmatched
  • Process Engineeringunmatched
  • Product Developmentunmatched
  • Product Supportunmatched
  • Prototypingunmatched
  • Quality Controlunmatched
  • Quality Managementunmatched
  • Research & Development (R&D)unmatched
  • State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
  • Statisticsunmatched
  • Technical Leadershipunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
  • United States Department of Energy (DOE)unmatched
  • Variance Analysisunmatched

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