Death Wish Coffee Careers

Description

Death Wish Coffee is made by passionate people for passionate people, and our carefully selected, perfectly roasted coffee beans produce a bold, highly caffeinated coffee blend. We strive for the best tasting and highest quality organic and fair-trade beans in every bag. Our processes are USDA certified and we have committed to sustainability throughout our products.

In 2016, Death Wish Coffee aired a Super Bowl 50 commercial after winning the Intuit Small Business Competition. In 2018 and 2019, we launched our products on the International Space Station! In 2020, we were #1 on Amazon’s “Most Wished For” coffee, and today, Death Wish Coffee is sold in more than 20,000 stores nationwide. Over a million people trust us to wake them up and give them the caffeinated kick they need every morning, and we’re just getting started.

About this role: 

We are looking for a Research and Development Lab Technician that gets fired up by the thought of pushing the boundaries in coffee innovation. If you have a heart for coffee, a mind that leads with scientific process and a personality that embodies creativity and collaboration we want to hear from you! 

Reporting to the Director of Research and Development, you will support the Product Development Manager and work collaboratively with the marketing, creative, manufacturing and procurement teams to take new product ideas from conception through commercialization. You will be involved in all aspects of the new product development lifecycle, including creation of benchtop samples through overseeing scale-up trials, on timelines that are aggressive yet achievable. 

• Preparation of benchtop samples including, but not limited to, flavored coffee prototypes, new coffee blends
• Preparation of lab tastings
• Specification creation and maintenance
• Support scale-up trials at internal and external manufacturing facilities
• R&D lead on low complexity SG projects
• Ongoing shelf-life testing
• General administrative team support: sample shipments, organization, inventorying of lab supplies, PO requests
• Trend monitoring and report out
• Brewing support for sales/marketing events
• Maintenance of R&D Product Briefs
• Review of co-man quality data to ensure specification adherence for new products
• Perform necessary finished product quality checks at time of new product start-up
• On-site support for trials at co-man locations
• Create design of experiments to support new product development

• Thrive in a team environment but also have the drive to work independently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Able to manage multiple projects at one time
• Enjoy working in an evolving, fast-paced environment
• Able to pivot quickly, and as needed
• Organized
• Great attention to detail 

• Willingness and desire to learn!
• High school diploma or equivalent required
  • BS in Food Science or a related degree preferred
• Minimum 1 year working in a laboratory environment
• Understanding of the scientific process with the ability to build and design experiments
• Understanding of sensory science
• Familiarity with Microsoft applications
• Ability to work on-site Monday-Thursday

• Certified Q-Grade and/or R-Grade
• General Coffee Industry experience
• CPG experience
• Love for coffee!