Senior Flavor Scientist

By growing meat directly from animal cells we're making future-friendly, real meat that makes you and the world smile. We stand for all of the good, and none of the bad. UPSIDE Foods is making our favorite food a force for good.

Based in Berkeley, CA, UPSIDE Foods grows meat, poultry, and seafood directly from real animal cells. These products are not vegan or vegetarian—they are delicious meat, made without the need to raise and slaughter billions of animals. In doing so, the company aims to address some of the most pressing environmental, animal welfare, and public health challenges, while still giving people the meat they love. 

 

Founded as the world’s first cultivated meat company in 2015, UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) has achieved numerous industry-defining milestones, including being the first company to produce multiple species of meat (beef, chicken, and duck) and to sell a cultivated meat product in the United States. The company believes that people shouldn’t have to choose between the foods they love and a thriving planet, and is working to build a better food system with access to delicious, humane, and sustainable meat, poultry, and seafood. 

 

UPSIDE Foods has won various industry awards, including New York Times’ Good Tech Awards, FastCo’s Next Big Thing in Tech and World Changing Ideas Awards, and the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation by the National Association for Business Resources. UPSIDE Foods has raised a total of $608 million, including from the Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG), Baillie Gifford, Bill Gates, Cargill, John Doerr, John Mackey, Kimbal and Christiana Musk, Norwest, Richard Branson, Softbank, Temasek, Threshold, Tyson Foods, and others.

 

The position of Senior Flavor Scientist within the Food R&D team offers an exhilarating and dynamic opportunity where you will take charge of the sensory learning objectives for particular initiatives in various food categories. 

 

At UPSIDE, our Sensory leaders are strategic business partners. You’ll be challenged to identify new methods and approaches to drive innovation and continuous improvement opportunities to elevate the sensory function. 

 

The Senior Flavor Scientist will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and be the key person for the company in collaborating with strategic flavor house partners to deliver short and long-term key innovation priorities. The Senior Flavor Scientist will also lead the overall flavor development program and guide the project team in the decision-making process to achieve key results. The flavor scientist will advance the fundamental understanding of flavor from various cultivated meat technologies that support the introduction of new superior products. 

 

This role requires hands-on experience with a variety of analytical techniques for flavor analysis, The Senior Flavor Scientist will own the analytical toolbox and develop methods to inform decisions for the enterprise. The ability to lead, design, and deliver sensory projects independently and work collaboratively with other scientists, internal technical groups, and external vendors is critical for success in this role.

 

Responsibilities may also include managing a small team of flavor chemists and leading the training and development of these direct reports and internal partners.

 

Compensation Range: $140,000 - $176,000*
*Pay may vary depending on factors including job-related knowledge and skills.