Nature’s Fynd is a Chicago-based food company creating versatile alternative proteins to nourish the world’s growing population while nurturing the planet. Born out of research conducted for NASA on microbes in Yellowstone National Park, the company’s breakthrough technology produces Fy™. Fy is a new-to-the-world, nutritional fungi protein that only uses a fraction of the resources required by traditional agriculture. We use Fy to make delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meat and dairy alternatives.
Nature’s Fynd is a groundbreaking food tech company born out of NASA-supported research on extremophiles in the geothermal pools of Yellowstone National Park. Our novel fermentation technology produces a sustainable source of complete protein using only a fraction of the resources required by traditional agriculture. As the challenge to feed the world’s expanding population grows, our mission is to create amazing foods and materials that provide sustainable choices and nurture the planet.
We’re looking for passionate, driven, and ambitious people to join our fast-growing team.
As Director for Process Engineering & Technology at Nature’s Fynd, you will be leading development, scale up and optimization of the production processes and technologies used to produce FY™ protein based on our unique fermentation technology. You will lead a team of highly skilled process engineers that operate the processes in our current facilities and are developing new processes and technologies for our coming facilities. You will report to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) and be a member of the Manufacturing & Engineering management team.