Senior R&D Engineer

Come and join a creative team of scientists and engineers at the forefront of beverage innovation. As Senior Process Engineer, you’ll help shape the next generation of Keurig coffee systems, turning ideas into scalable processes from lab to pilot to plant, so we deliver better beverages, faster and more sustainably for every consumer.

This role will enable Keurig Dr Pepper to maximize the impact of Future Keurig Coffee Systems to consumers, customers, partners, and other key stakeholders. The individual in this role will:

1. Lead the design, development and scale up of coffee processing systems – including, but not limited to, roasting, drying, milling and coating
2. Identify, test, and deliver innovations, process strategies and methods that improve product quality, cost-of-goods, manufacturing efficiency and overall system performance, partnering closely with R&D functions, Appliance Engineering and Supply Chain
3. Represent KDP with third-party partners (vendors, OEMs and manufacturers), ensuring KDP requirements are captured in specifications and agreements, and that deliverables meet our standards

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

The role bridges process engineering and product development to define the critical-to-quality and critical-to-process factors (CTQs/CTPs). The Senior Process Engineer designs with scale in mind, considers sustainable process controls throughout, and integrates internal and external expertise to accelerate research into reliable manufacturing capability.

Responsibilities include:

• Drive end-to-end product-to-process development, taking concepts from lab to pilot to commercial scale production
• Set process specifications and process controls by identifying critical-to-quality/critical-to-process factors and the associated limits and maintains process documentation (Diagrams, FMEAs, HACCP, HAZOP/HAZID actions, SOPs, batch/recipe parameters).
• Have strong knowledge of process engineering fundamentals (e.g. mass and energy balances, development of PFDs/P&IDs, SPC charts and other process evaluation/monitoring methods)
• Have knowledge of experimental design and analysis (DoE) – this may include, factorial and response-surface methods, space-filling and optimal designs (e.g., Latin hypercube, D-optimal), and model/physics-informed approaches (e.g., MBDoE, Gaussian-process surrogates, Bayesian design/optimisation)
• Uses data analysis and modelling to quantify performance (e.g. yield, CoV, cycle time, energy/water use) and to prioritise improvements
• Development of experimental plans with process engineering, appliance, packaging and manufacturing teams to test new technologies, assess feasibility and obtain consumer feedback
• Create and drive timelines, actions plans, reports, and presentations to manage and communicate progress. Make sound technical recommendations, influencing key stakeholders within the business.
• Educate cross functional partners on technical and scientific principles as necessary
• Represent beverage technical considerations including quality, stability, food safety, manufacturability, functionality in appliance and sensory.
• Positively influence and engage in a creative, performance driven culture

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Benefits:

Our people are the heart of our business, which is why we offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated.

• Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering (preferred) or Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a closely related discipline. Master’s degree and/or PhD is advantageous
• 6+ years of relevant professional experience, preferably within industries with significant particle technology applications (e.g., chemicals, foods, consumer products, pharmaceuticals)
• Strong competence with some analytical tools and software (e.g., JMP, Minitab, Python, AutoCAD, MATLAB, CFD modeling software such as Ansys Fluent or COMSOL Multiphysics) for data analysis, interpretation, and visualization
• Strong team player; experience in bringing teams/individuals/your skillset together to deliver projects; strong thought and executional leadership

CAPABILITIES

• Self-motivated, takes initiative, influencing
• Highly collaborative communication and strong presentation skills
• Strategic thinker
• Change readiness, resiliency and flexibility to thrive in a constantly changing and fast moving organization
• Ability to travel; 50%+ during certain periods of time

WORK PERKS

• On-site Gym, Cafeteria and Specialty Coffee Bar
• Robust benefits to support health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partners brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it!

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us?

We strive to be an employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~29,000 employees to grow and develop.  We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. Keurig Dr Pepper recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.