Senior Food Packaging Engineering Scientist (Bilingual in Korean)

Company Overview

Pulmuone’s mission is a company that creates a healthy future for people and the earth with wholesome foods. Pulmuone Foods USA brands include Nasoya, Wildwood, Emerald Valley Kitchen, Monterey Gourmet Foods, and Cibo Naturals. Pulmuone’s family of brands provide our consumers a wide variety of delicious products that are inspired by contemporary flavor palates and encourage a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. Visit www.pulmuonefoodsusa.com to learn more about the company and brands.

This position will focus on new product innovation and renovation as well as process improvement through experience, expertise and technical acumen in Food Packaging solutions from development, application, to commercialization from in-house manufacturing facilities and co-packers. The position will optimize packaging cost, design, material and selection, and conduct analytical testing, line trials to validation for continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage new product development and improvement from concept thru commercialization primarily focusing on packaging specifications and packaging machine and processes.
• Manage innovative packaging concepts to commercialization by working with cross functional teams, considering factors such as quality, shelf life, sustainability, regulatory, cost, product protection and consumer experience
• Conduct material testing and analysis to packaging application by working with HQ and suppliers
• Stay updated on packaging sustainability, machine and equipment and regulations and collaborate with regulatory team to ensure packaging materials and systems meet all required standards
• Provide product excellence management on co-packing products; lead process improvement for quality and cost reduction, troubleshoot for product quality and productivity of co-packing and import items
• Maintain development and maintenance of QMS for all assigned products
• Research and evaluate new packing materials for cost, sustainability, food safety, quality, performance, compatibility, and identify prospective co-packers on NPD project
• Maintain awareness of emerging trends, comparative products in competition, and make recommendations to ensure compliance and market competitiveness
• Conduct scale-up test/activities from R&D to full-scale production, ensuring smooth transitions and maintaining packaging integrity
• Report update/progress status of R&D projects using MS project software in line with NPD process
• Work with vendors/suppliers and cross functional teams to understand available technology and provide ideas, solutions, and alternatives to meet product excellence
• Apply a wide range of food microbiology and chemistry knowledge to identify the root-causes of product defects and propose preventive actions
• Assist with special project assignments as needed

Skills/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Packaging Engineer, Food Science or related field
• 7+ years’ experience in packaging development and application or related at food manufacturing industry
• Strong knowledge of packaging materials, technologies, testing methods, and machine.
• Understanding of food safety, quality assurance and regulatory requirements pertaining to food and packaging development
• Experience with working closely with packaging supplier in packaging development
• Experience in food product development and new product development is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and time management skills
• Bilingual in Korean

We offer competitive pay and benefits package, including health (~80-90% company paid) for employee and dependents, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, company match 401K plan, vacation, floating holidays, and company holidays.

Pulmuone is a global, distributed workforce in four countries. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and embrace people with different experiences, strengths, and backgrounds, who share a passion for making a healthier tomorrow for people and the planet with wholesome foods.