Formulation Scientist

Paragon Laboratories

Formulation Scientist

Torrance, California • Full-time

$60,0000 - $72,000 annually

Paragon Laboratories is a leading contract manufacturer of Dietary Supplements in tablet, capsule, and powder forms. For 54 years, Paragon’s top-notch formulators and manufacturing personnel have been improving lives by delivering quality nutritional supplements.

Job Summary:

The Formulation Scientist is responsible for the development of new products, enhancement of existing formulations, and resolution of manufacturing challenges. This role involves evaluating new and alternative raw materials, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The scientist will formulate powders, tablets, capsules, and nutrient premixes tailored to customer specifications while considering application requirements, shelf life, processing conditions, and stability. Additionally, this position will contribute to ingredient assessments and provide internal blending instructions as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Thorough understanding of solid dose product development and manufacturing scale-up.
• Operational understanding of wet and dry granulations, tablet presses, encapsulation machines, ribbon blenders, and V-blenders.
• Develop and make lab samples of custom dietary supplement blends.
• Interpret customer requests into prototypes, such as great-tasting powdered beverages or tablets designed with various properties.
• Work with R&D teams, Manufacturing, supply chain, etc. on scale-up and transfer of developed formulations to the plant.
• Provide customers with technical support on dietary supplement formulations.
• Maintain proper documentation of product development process and results and keep equipment logbooks in accordance with R&D guidelines.
• Comply with company procedural guidelines, laboratory procedures, and safety programs.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, food science/technology, or similar.
• 2 years prior experience in a nutritional supplement industry or similar field.
• 2 years working with dietary supplements, pharmaceutical development, or similar.
• 2 years' experience in granulation techniques, processing, and property characterization.
• Ability to formulate nutraceutical and powdered functional food prototypes based on nutritional targets as well as to consumer sensory acceptance.
• Understanding of GMP manufacturing considerations and requirements.
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills to share development work within the organization and with customers.
• Ability to work in a physically challenging environment: lift 25 pounds and move up to 50 pounds when working with bulk ingredients, operate pilot scale equipment.
• Be authorized to work in the United States