About Esencia Foods
Esencia Foods is Europe’s first company building fish and seafood alternatives based on mushroom mycelium, using solid-state fermentation.
Our mission is to foster the world’s transition to a sustainable seafood system
- without asking consumers to compromise on taste, texture, or price.
Our planet cannot sustain our current food system; therefore, we believe in producing exceptional alternative seafood products to remove the current strain on our environment and ensure food security for our future ever-growing population.
We are looking for a Lead Mycologist to pioneer the development of our unique mycelium-based technology platform to re-invent the food system.
This is your opportunity to have an impact on our planet and experience a startup in its earliest days.
Tasks
Role & Responsibilities
- Discovery and characterization of new fungal strains with the potential to become alt-seafood
- Creating and developing multiple approaches to achieve novel mycelium textures
- Design and execution of experiments to optimize the substrate, inoculation, and mycelial growth.
- Develop methodologies to characterize mycelium biochemical, material, and nutritional properties
- Developing and executing RnD strategy plan as well as supporting strategic decisions
- Working closely with food scientists, fermentation and bioprocess engineers to translate lab discoveries into scalable technologies
**Requirements**:
**Qualifications**:
- Degrees are great, and relevant experience is better. This can come in the form of an MSc. +4 years experience or Ph.D. +1 year experience in Mycology, Biotechnology, or any relevant experience
- A positive attitude and an overflowing motivation
- Experience in working with strong aseptic conditions required for fungal mycology
- A track record of willingness to learn, adapt, get stuff done, and be proactive
- Excellent written and verbal skills in English
Great to have
- Experiences in the Food Industry and Bioprocess Development
- Experiences with a Relationship to the Food Industry
- Experience in Bioprocess development
- Experience in DOE
**Benefits**:
Why join?
- You will work directly with the founders: Bruno, the CTO, a unique mix between a PhD. in Biophysics from Max-Planck Institute and a Cook. Hendrik, the CEO, a former M&A; consultant, and senior leader from a b2c unicorn. We will work together and take joint decisions.
- Trans-disciplinarity at its peak: we believe invention only happens when you connect dots that are seemingly far apart. Really far apart.
- A high-impact, ambitious startup environment with the ability to learn and grow alongside the company
- The opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology and make a true impact on the environment and our food system
- A fun, adaptable, and rewarding environment where you can have the ability to thrive as a person
Thank you for your interest in joining us. We hope to meet you soon!
\*Application should be in English!