[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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