About Caliper Foods

Caliper Foods (caliperfoods.life), formerly Stillwater, is a consumer packaged goods company that offers safe and standardized hemp-derived soluble cannabinoids to both consumers and manufacturers alike. 

Caliper Foods encompasses two distinct business lines: (1) Caliper Commercial Ingredients, which provides soluble CBD ingredients at scale to food, beverage, supplement, and other CPG manufacturers; and (2) Caliper Consumer, which sells its own line of CBD-infused products nationwide. 

Caliper Foods was founded in 2015 on the belief that cannabinoids, especially non-psychoactive compounds like CBD, are a major new category in functional ingredients.

About the Job

We are looking for a Senior Process Chemist to expand our existing in-house analytical capabilities to increase process control, production quality verification and further our in-depth, product application knowledge. The role offers significant growth opportunities and diverse work experience.

What you’ll be responsible for:

Test and verify production quality - 

• Accurate and timely quality control testing required for product release and COA creation
• Testing of critical inbound raw materials for analytical conformance
• Assure the quality of laboratory services provided meet the strict company standards
• Manage internal and external testing programs

 Fundamental Research - 

• Create studies designed to monitor product stability for existing products and key client’s new products. Verifying data against acceptance criteria, such as cannabinoid profile
• Develop basic test methods to apply and control for production quality. Testing methods to be developed include product viscosity, density measurement, solubility rates, moisture measurement, oxidation potential, and powder flowability
• Determination of product stability after undergoing exposure to accelerated shelf life testing conditions
• Imaging and measurement of oil in water food emulsions
• Identify and work with key research institutes for in-depth problem solving and new product creation

Lab process and Accreditation - 

• Prepare samples, media, and, calibration/quality control standards
• Operate HPLC for data analysis of the prepared sample. Provide quality data for critical and time sensitive samples
• Utilize chromatography software to analyze and report data
• Participate in HPLC calibration, maintenance, and repair
• Maintain analytical quality control processes and procedures designed to ensure that the results of laboratory analysis are consistent, comparable, accurate and within specified limits of precision
• Maintain good laboratory document control, assuring proper records of reagents, standards, supplies, and samples
• Prepare and update standard operating procedures as necessary for laboratory procedures
• Organization and maintenance of Laboratory Q.A., safety, and GMP/GLP compliance documents

What we’ll love about you:

• A process-oriented problem solver who can manage complex situations without panicking
• A team player with a distaste for mercenaries
• An organized, proactive nature that loves building systems and tools
• An emotionally mature adult who prefers to work with other emotionally mature adults
• An inquisitive, curious nature that views ignorance as an opportunity to learn or teach
• A willingness to admit error quickly and move immediately on to improvement
• A clear communicator in any format
• Excellent time management skills

What you’ll love about us:

• A fast-growing company with a deep belief in the value of developing talent internally from within
• A group of sane, rational executives who try their best to be decent human beings
• An environment where fire drills are the exception, not the norm
• We offer flexible PTO for all full-time employees
• We pay competitive salaries for all roles. For salaried employees, we also cover 100% of your healthcare premium
• For more details on the culture we foster, visit: http://bit.ly/2F5zhPt

Qualifications:

• Strong academic background with a minimum of a B.S. in physical or life sciences
• Minimum of 5 years of related laboratory work experience
• Experience in analytical method development, validation, and optimization
• Be scientifically astute and creative for product and process development
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Work well in a manufacturing environment
• Be hands-on and effectively wear many hats
• Work independently while working in a team environment to achieve common goals
• Effectively represent Caliper Foods to outside clients (i.e. technical business development).