R&D Bakery Technologist

About Queen St Bakery

Queen St Bakery is a fast-growing bakery and consumer packaged goods (CPG) company reimagining what gluten-free baking can be. We create innovative bakery products made with wholesome ingredients, combining great taste, nutrition, and convenience.

Our products are now available in over 4,000 grocery stores across Canada and the United States, and we're continuing to expand. With our own manufacturing facility and an entrepreneurial team, we have the ability to take ideas from initial concept through product development and into commercial production.

We're looking for an R&D Bakery Technologist to help develop new products, improve existing formulations, and bring innovative bakery concepts to life.

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on product development role for someone who is passionate about baking science, food innovation, and solving technical challenges.

You'll work across the entire product development lifecycle, from bench-top formulation and ingredient testing to manufacturing trials, scale-up, and commercialization. Working closely with our production, quality, and operations teams, you'll help ensure our products deliver on taste, texture, nutritional goals, quality, and manufacturing performance.

As a growing company, we offer the opportunity to take meaningful ownership of projects, experiment with new ideas, and see your work reach consumers across North America.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct product evaluations, process validation, and shelf-life studies.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, and other food safety standards.
• Prepare technical documentation, SOPs, product specifications, and trial reports.
• Coordinate and ability to work effectively with Quality, Procurement, and cross-functional teams.
• Troubleshoot production and quality-related issues and recommend process improvements.
• Develop and improve food products and manufacturing processes.
• Assist with assigned New Product Development from concept to commercialization.
• Conduct R&D activities, including formulation development, ingredient evaluation, and product optimization.
• Experience in conducting product trials, scale-up, shelf-life studies, process validation and sensory evaluations to ensure product quality.
• Support in food formulation, ingredient functionality, and product optimization.
• Strong knowledge of food processing technologies and manufacturing processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Conduct product trials and identify the right taste, texture, consistency, shelf life etc
• Ensure consistency across batches and maintain quality standards.
• Troubleshoot production issues quickly and find practical solutions.
• Work closely with the production and QA team to improve processes and efficiency.
• Work closely with the production team on waste reduction
• Identify issues with ingredients, cooking methods, texture, taste or storage and recommend corrections.
• Assist with Mgmt and on floor Sensory, shelf-life testing, food safety and basic quality checks.
• Maintain proper documentation of recipes, trials, ingredients and processes.
• Help scale recipes from trial quantities to commercial production.
• Support on Keep track of raw material quality and suggest suitable alternatives when required.
• Prior hands-on experience in the food industry is essential.
• Strong attention to detail, especially around measurements, consistency and quality.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup food manufacturing environment.

Required Skills & Experience

• · Bachelor's in food technology, Degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Engineering, Nutrition, or a related field.
• Min 3 years of experience in R&D/New Product Development within the Food Processing industry.
• Strong understanding of food ingredients, processing techniques, product development, and commercialization.
• Experience with recipe development and product optimization.
• Understanding of food processing and manufacturing principles.
• Ability to conduct structured R&D trials and document results.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to convert a product concept into a repeatable, standardized commercial formulation.
• Knowledge of food safety, food regulations, and ingredient usage will be an advantage.