About the role
StrainX makes precision-fermented food ingredients. An ingredient, however well made, is only useful once it works inside something real — a beverage that stays stable on a shelf, a bakery format that holds its texture, a confectionery matrix where the sweetness lands in the right place at the right moment.

Closing that gap is this job. You will take our ingredients and turn them into prototypes customers can taste, and into data that shows how they'll perform in their own products.

What you'll do
Develop and optimize food and beverage formulations using StrainX specialty ingredients
Run application trials across beverages, dairy, confectionery, bakery, snacks and nutraceutical formats
Characterize ingredient performance — sweetness, solubility, stability, flavor profile, texture and matrix compatibility
Produce application data sheets, prototype demonstrations and customer-ready technical documentation
Work with sensory teams on internal tastings and evaluation panels
Support customer trials, pilot demonstrations and B2B product integrations




Feed findings back to our fermentation, downstream and analytical teams
Keep work aligned with FSSAI and global novel food regulatory frameworks

What we're looking for
M.Sc., B.Tech or M.Tech in Food Technology, Food Science, Dairy Technology, Food Chemistry or a related field
Freshers to 3 years in food product or application development — FMCG, ingredient companies, flavor houses or R&D; labs
A working understanding of ingredient interactions, sensory science, stability studies and prototype creation
Exposure to sweeteners, proteins, hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, flavors or alternative proteins
The discipline to design a structured experiment and document it properly
A creative, solution-oriented approach, and comfort in a fast-moving workplace

Nice to have
Experience with precision-fermented ingredients
Sensory panel management, or formal sensory training
Clean-label formulation, plant-based product develop

📌 Food Application Development Scientist (Bhopal)
🏢 StrainX Bioworks
📍 Bhopal