Senior Expert / Head Of Food Process Engineering

About KULT FARM KULT FARM makes a true and natural alternative to meat from mycelium solid state fermentation. As a venture-backed business, we are pioneering this approach. Our mission 🐠 is to foster the world’s transition to a sustainable food 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 products to remove the current strain on our environment and ensure food security for our future ever-growing population. This is your opportunity to have an impact on our planet and experience a startup in its earliest days . Tasks Translate our mycelium-based production from pilot-scale to industrial-grade manufacturing. Your primary responsibility is to design, validate, and implement scalable production processes, ensuring that our Solid-State Fermentation (SSF), upstream and downstream processing (DSP) can operate reliably at commercial scale. You will work hands-on with our pilot plant team, upgrade current processes to industrial, and build the technical backbone required for scaling—whether executed internally or via selected external partners. External manufacturing and supply chain design are part of your scope, but always derived from a deep understanding of process requirements, equipment constraints, and production economics. This is not a pure management role. We are looking for an engineer who has personally scaled processes and facilities, and who can translate first-of-a-kind systems into industrial reality. Key responsibilities 🏭 Pilot plant optimization & engineering development Actively participate in machine selection and installation. Support to run scale-up trials, including process validation and data generation for industrial transfer. Support to amend process documentation (SOPs, PFDs, P&IDs, scale-up reports). Scale-Up Scale-up of upstream, fermentation and downstream processes from pilot plant to industrial scale Identify scale-up risks (heat transfer, contamination, heterogeneity, etc.) and design mitigation strategies. Industrial Strategy & Facility Design Contribute to FOAK facility design, including capacity planning and modular expansion concepts. Support capex planning and equipment sourcing decisions based on process requirements. External Manufacturing Identify and technically evaluate co-manufacturers where relevant. Translate Kult Farm processes into partner-compatible production setups. Support industrial trials and process transfer to external facilities. Ensure partners meet technical and process fidelity requirements. Supply Chain Design (Process-Driven) Design a supply chain aligned with process needs (raw materials, substrates, packaging). Collaborate on logistics, storage, and production planning tied to process constraints. Requirements Degree in food engineering, bioprocess engineering, chemical engineering, or similar 8+ years in the food industry with direct involvement in process scale-up and industrial production, incl. set up of production lines Proven experience scaling food production from NPD → pilot → industrial scale; ideally in fermentation-based systems (e.g., yogurt, cheese, tempeh, salami, or similar). Hands-on experience designing or commissioning production lines or facilities; not purely managerial. Well-connected across equipment suppliers, engineering firms, and production experts; able to unlock solutions quickly. Comfortable working in early-stage, ambiguous environments and turning incomplete data into actionable engineering decisions. Spanish at B2 to C1 level is strongly beneficiery Benefits Why join? 🚀 You will work in a cross-disciplinary Production team with food technologists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, engineers at a cutting-edge technology. Trans-disciplinarity at its peak: we believe invention only happens when you connect dots that are seemingly 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, flexible, and rewarding environment where you can have the ability to thrive as a person Excited to work with us? Thank you for your interest in joining us. We hope to meet you soon! *Application should be in English! Apply Here! 📝 * We encourage you to apply even if you feel you do not match all criteria perfectly. Many thanks!