or apply directly on Home Market Foods's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days Home Market Foods's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 42% of Home Market Foods's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Home Market Foods
- high 18 stale, 2 reposted of 26 open
- Hiring momentum
- 34 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Home Market Foods's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Home Market Foods.
About this role
The Staff Meat Scientist at Home Market Foods is responsible for the technical definition and formulation of ground and comminuted meat blends. This role involves hands-on work to identify and validate formula parameters, ensuring consistent quality and cost-effectiveness while adapting to changes in raw materials and equipment. The position also requires collaboration with various teams to support new product development and maintain compliance with quality and regulatory standards.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Home Market Foods as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in Meat Science, Animal Science, Food Science, or a closely related discipline
- Demonstrated hands-on R&D bench and pilot-plant formulation experience with ground or comminuted meat products
- Working knowledge of meat blend composition and functionality
- Direct experience with plant-floor scale-up and equipment validation
- Quantitative orientation: comfort building and interpreting formulation, yield, and cost models
- Proven experience of successfully collaborating across multiple functions, especially R&D, FSQA, Procurement, Production and Finance
Nice to have
- USDA/FSIS regulatory and labeling fluency
- Familiarity with raw-material markets and trim grading as they relate to blend economics
- Experience standardizing formulation and yield metrics across multiple facilities or equipment configurations
- Sensory evaluation experience for meat products
What you get
- Top-tier Medical, Dental, Vision coverage
- Pet Insurance
- Wellness Plan and Gym Reimbursement
- Employee Tuition Reimbursement
- College Scholarship for dependents
- Bonus Program
Worth weighing
- No salary range specified beyond $130,000+ based on experience
- Role requires work in varied environmental conditions, including extreme temperatures
- No mention of remote work options or flexibility in work hours
Summarised from Home Market Foods's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Home Market Foods on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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