[Remote] Process Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Blueland is reimagining everyday cleaning essentials with sustainable products that eliminate single-use plastic. The Process Engineer will bridge the Formulation team and contract manufacturing partners, optimizing formulas for manufacturability and troubleshooting production challenges.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with the Formulation team during development to fully understand each formula, including functional ingredients, excipients, specifications, and product claims
- Identify formulation “levers” that can be adjusted to improve manufacturability while maintaining product performance, quality, specifications, and claims
- Understand the equipment, capabilities, and limitations of each contract manufacturer to ensure formulas are designed for successful production
- Evaluate excipients and processing aids that may improve manufacturing efficiency, flowability, mixing, filling, stability, or overall process robustness
- Translate formulation requirements into practical manufacturing guidance for powders and liquids
- Support troubleshooting during scale-up, validation, and commercial production
- Work cross-functionally with Formulation, Quality, Operations, Procurement, and Contract Manufacturing teams to resolve process and formula-related challenges
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical field
- Experience working as a Process Engineer with powder and liquid formulations
- Strong understanding of formulation, scale-up, and manufacturing processes
- Ability to assess contract manufacturer equipment capabilities and limitations
- Experience troubleshooting production issues and recommending practical formula or process adjustments
- Knowledge of excipients, processing aids, and raw materials that support manufacturability
- Comfortable balancing manufacturability, product claims, specifications, quality, and cost
- Background in household cleaning, personal care, or adjacent consumer products
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Stock options
- Generous paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid civic engagement days
- Paid parental leave
- 401k (employee contribution)
- Professional development stipends
- Remote work reimbursements
- Various discounts to like-minded companies
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