Junior Application Technologist

We are on a mission to make 100% real, delicious meat, without the negative impact on our climate and the need to raise and slaughter animals.

The Meatable approach for creating ‘cell-based’ meat is based on ground-breaking proprietary technology that was developed at The University of Cambridge and allows us to turn induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into muscle and fat cells, creating 100% real, delicious, guilt free meat. We use iPSCs because they have amazing benefits that enable affordable, at scale production (e.g., they are pluripotent, grow completely serum free, have unlimited proliferation capacity and can grow in suspension). With our technology, scalable cell-based meat production is becoming a reality.

We are a young and fast-growing company and are entering our next wave of growth. Given our size, new team members will be a huge part of our motivated multidisciplinary team. Our culture encourages everybody on the team to actively shape their position and we provide ample opportunities for personal and professional growth.

As our new Junior Application Technologist your main responsibilities will be:

• Part of the Food Science & Application team, supporting the development of applications and finished product concepts with cultured meat products.

• Manage RM documentation and enter specification data in the Raw Materials Database.

• on implementation of the Quality and Food Safety Management System at Meatable’s organization (including its R&D organization, research laboratories and the pilot plant).

• Product optimization (Aroma, Taste, colour, texture and nutritional profile, etc), using a dual approach:

• • • Upstream: Sharing application learnings – Root cause analysis to guide cultured meat development.
    • Downstream A keen understanding of raw materials, their functionalities and the challenges of plant-based product development.

• Lead sensory tasting activities, manage our cross functional sensory panel. Collect and analyze the sessions input to use it as a tool to generate upstream and/or downstream product improvement hypothesis.

• Support the implementation of new analysis methodology to test cultured meat, raw materials and finished products to quantify our learnings and support the decision-making process.

In order to be successful in this role you need to be a proactive communicator, have a hands-on mentality with attention to details. You need to be flexible and able to change priorities in a dynamic and fast-growing organization.

Who are you:

• MSc degree in Food Science, with good knowledge on raw materials functionalities and interactions.
• Knowledge on sensory science and new product development
• Knowledge on different analytics methods (texture, nutrients, sensory) a good chemistry background is a plus.
• Good cooking skills and knowledge of food
• Performs other assigned duties
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Fluent in English and Dutch

We offer

• A competitive salary
• Participation in our employee stock option plan and pension plan
• A dynamic work environment in a new exciting field using cutting edge technologies, working with the leaders in the field
• A caring culture with strong emphasis on team performance and personal development
• A Gym Membership