About this role
Do you want to make a delicious difference?
Planet A Foods is for those who want to build something extraordinary with tangible purpose.
We’re reinventing how the world makes food ingredients, such as chocolate, replacing scarce, unsustainable raw materials with scalable, clean, and delicious alternatives.
We are united by impact, driven by innovation, and energized by the mission of building a food system that serves both people and the planet. Working here means choosing meaningful challenges over easy wins. You’ll join an entrepreneurial, international team of scientists, engineers, operators, and industry experts who are deeply committed to creating real planetary impact.
As a Process Engineer you work hands-on in the lab to evaluate the technical feasibility of innovative product ideas in the food tech sector, develop early-stage process concepts and generate lab-scale data to lay the foundation for scalable, industry-ready technologies.
A Taste of What to Expect
- You will design and conduct experiments to generate data, identify key process parameters and uncover improvement opportunities
- Explore and evaluate new technologies, machinery, and methods to optimize our production line
- Support early-stage product ideas with technical assessments and feasibility studies
- Develop initial process concepts, including material and parameter studies, to set the stage for scale-up
- Collaborate closely with our flavour and product development teams to ensure smooth transitions from lab to large-scale production
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across production, quality, and cost to enhance overall performance
The Perfect Recipe of Skills & Experience
- At least 5 years of experience in food processing, in a lab or pilot-scale environment
- A hands-on, self-driven mindset with a strong technical affinity for lab and processing equipment
- Completed vocational training or a qualification in food technology, process engineering, food chemistry, or a related scientific or engineering discipline
- A precise, organized, and curious approach, paired with a sharp eye for detail and continuous improvement
- A systematic problem-solving mindset, with experience in root cause analysis and issue resolution
- With a proactive attitude, you thrive working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
A Sweet Package
- A very competitive compensation and opportunity to grow
- Collaborate with a passionate international team working at the edge of what's possible
- Work in one of the rare food startups that truly scales and operates a 24/7 4-shift production system
- A position where you can shape how a trillion-dollar industry communicates
- Stuff that other startups do as well (lunches, snacks, drinks, gym, ...)
- PLUS: Chocolate. Every. Single. Day.
Other facts
About Planet A Foods GmbH
Imagine a world without chocolate. Horrifying, right? But the supply of cocoa is endangered and chocolate is as bad as meat for our planet.
We make future-proof chocolate using precision fermentation. Doing this, our chocolate is 10x more sustainable and 20% cheaper than conventional chocolate. In order to mimic the organoleptic properties of chocolate (tender, smoothly melting taste release) we are working on the flavor itself but also on replacing the cocoa butter.
55 Mio lbs of chocolate are consumed every day. By 2035 we will substitute a big chunk of it through our sustainable chocolate.
What you'll do
- As a Process Engineer, you will design and conduct experiments to evaluate the technical feasibility of innovative product ideas in the food tech sector. You will collaborate closely with flavor and product development teams to ensure smooth transitions from lab to large-scale production.
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