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Food Scientist roles at U.S. food manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and R&D labs regularly qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process. Your degree in food science, chemistry, or a related field drives the classification. Finding employers with active sponsorship history is the fastest path forward.
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Applying to this requisition will put you into considering for either Food Scientist I, Food Scientist II . Level will be determined through the interview process.
Primary focus will be red meat Cost Optimization, Innovation, Technology Development and/or Quality improvement. Focus areas are developing emerging technologies, cost optimization and commercializing new and improved products and/or processes through guidance from their manager. This covers all stages of product development and process development including writing new product specifications, ensuring regulatory labeling and food safety requirements are met. The person in this position will have a strong working knowledge of the scientific methods and is expected to leverage knowledge related to ingredients, product formulation and food processing to support best in class development of new, innovative food products.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Working with and strongly influencing marketing, insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations and purchasing departments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients, ensuring smooth start‐up for new product production processes
- Modifying or optimizing existing products, developing specifications for product production labeling, and compiling cost analysis information.
- Work multiple development and optimization projects of moderate complexity, independently, from concept through commercialization with guidance from manager. This includes planning, executing experiments, analyzing data, reporting results.
- Execute the development process with activities that include bench top development, pilot plant testing, and scale‐up production at a federally inspected research facility and final commercialization at full scale production facility
- Help team to identify innovation that is treated as IP that can give Tyson a competitive edge in the industry
- Analyze data to build product specification that is process capable
- Present technical data or concepts to laypersons on their level of understanding
- Compile cost analysis information and provide to product management
- Ensure costing structure meets the financial expectations of projects
- Work on cross functional teams across the organization for project completion that will ultimately help achieve our growth and EBIT strategies
- Travel to plant product facilities
- Take on and complete special projects as needed.
- Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products, modifying existing products, optimizing existing products, developing specifications
- Develop product production labels and compiling cost analysis information
- Strong working knowledge of the scientific methods and is expected to leverage knowledge related to ingredients, product formulation and food processing to support best in class development of new, innovative food products
- Work with and influence cross functional team members (marketing, insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations and purchasing departments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients) while ensuring smooth start‐up for new product production processes
- Work with process development to develop process flow charts for engineering
- Ability and Initiative to grow within the organization and develop a personal development plan with your manager
Requirements for Food Scientist I:
Education & Experience:
- BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or related field. PhD or M.S with no experience. B.S. with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience. No degree with minimum of 8 years relevant experience.
Requirements for Food Scientist II:
Education & Experience:
- BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or related field. Alt. Protein science or equivalent Experience: PhD with no experience. M.S. with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience B.S. with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. No degree with minimum of 8 years relevant experience.
Other:
Computer Skills:
- Requires good computer skills with ability to fully utilize MS Office products and Tyson systems (or like systems).
Communication Skills:
- Good verbal and written communication skills required
- Presentation skills required
- Must have the ability to effectively communicate with cross functional business partners
Special Skills:
- Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem‐solving skills
- Strong project management skills. Strong numerical skills
- Understanding of product formulation, food processing and the Research and Development process
- Understanding of regulatory labeling and food safety requirements
Supervisory: May supervise a team of hourly technicians that support a team of scientists.
Travel:
- 25% - 12+ domestic trips per year
- Travel will be required to accomplish our internal and external customer needs
This includes customer meetings, plant production facilities for testing and commercialization of new products, process trouble shooting and any other regular business needs
Relocation Assistance Eligible:
Yes
Work Shift:
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
Certain roles at Tyson require background checks. If you are offered a position that requires a background check you will be provided additional documentation to complete once an offer has been extended.
Hourly Applicants ONLY - You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.
The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.
If you would like to learn more about your data privacy rights and how you may use that information, please read our Job Applicant Privacy Notice here.
Unsolicited Assistance: Tyson Foods and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited support from external recruitment vendors for open positions within the United States. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee or applicant tracking system at Tyson Foods or its subsidiaries, without a valid written request and search agreement approved by HR, will be considered the property of Tyson Foods. No fees will be paid if the candidate is hired due to an unsolicited referral.
Job Details:
Applying to this requisition will put you into considering for either Food Scientist I, Food Scientist II . Level will be determined through the interview process.
Primary focus will be red meat Cost Optimization, Innovation, Technology Development and/or Quality improvement. Focus areas are developing emerging technologies, cost optimization and commercializing new and improved products and/or processes through guidance from their manager. This covers all stages of product development and process development including writing new product specifications, ensuring regulatory labeling and food safety requirements are met. The person in this position will have a strong working knowledge of the scientific methods and is expected to leverage knowledge related to ingredients, product formulation and food processing to support best in class development of new, innovative food products.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Working with and strongly influencing marketing, insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations and purchasing departments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients, ensuring smooth start‐up for new product production processes
- Modifying or optimizing existing products, developing specifications for product production labeling, and compiling cost analysis information.
- Work multiple development and optimization projects of moderate complexity, independently, from concept through commercialization with guidance from manager. This includes planning, executing experiments, analyzing data, reporting results.
- Execute the development process with activities that include bench top development, pilot plant testing, and scale‐up production at a federally inspected research facility and final commercialization at full scale production facility
- Help team to identify innovation that is treated as IP that can give Tyson a competitive edge in the industry
- Analyze data to build product specification that is process capable
- Present technical data or concepts to laypersons on their level of understanding
- Compile cost analysis information and provide to product management
- Ensure costing structure meets the financial expectations of projects
- Work on cross functional teams across the organization for project completion that will ultimately help achieve our growth and EBIT strategies
- Travel to plant product facilities
- Take on and complete special projects as needed.
- Develop culinary samples/prototypes of new products, modifying existing products, optimizing existing products, developing specifications
- Develop product production labels and compiling cost analysis information
- Strong working knowledge of the scientific methods and is expected to leverage knowledge related to ingredients, product formulation and food processing to support best in class development of new, innovative food products
- Work with and influence cross functional team members (marketing, insights, sales, culinary, FSQA, operations and purchasing departments, coordinating with suppliers of ingredients) while ensuring smooth start‐up for new product production processes
- Work with process development to develop process flow charts for engineering
- Ability and Initiative to grow within the organization and develop a personal development plan with your manager
Requirements for Food Scientist I:
Education & Experience:
- BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or related field. PhD or M.S with no experience. B.S. with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience. No degree with minimum of 8 years relevant experience.
Requirements for Food Scientist II:
Education & Experience:
- BS MS or PhD in Food Science Meat Science Food Engineering or related field. Alt. Protein science or equivalent Experience: PhD with no experience. M.S. with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience B.S. with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. No degree with minimum of 8 years relevant experience.
Other:
Computer Skills:
- Requires good computer skills with ability to fully utilize MS Office products and Tyson systems (or like systems).
Communication Skills:
- Good verbal and written communication skills required
- Presentation skills required
- Must have the ability to effectively communicate with cross functional business partners
Special Skills:
- Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem‐solving skills
- Strong project management skills. Strong numerical skills
- Understanding of product formulation, food processing and the Research and Development process
- Understanding of regulatory labeling and food safety requirements
Supervisory: May supervise a team of hourly technicians that support a team of scientists.
Travel:
- 25% - 12+ domestic trips per year
- Travel will be required to accomplish our internal and external customer needs
This includes customer meetings, plant production facilities for testing and commercialization of new products, process trouble shooting and any other regular business needs
Relocation Assistance Eligible:
Yes
Work Shift:
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
Certain roles at Tyson require background checks. If you are offered a position that requires a background check you will be provided additional documentation to complete once an offer has been extended.
Hourly Applicants ONLY - You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.
The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.
We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.
If you would like to learn more about your data privacy rights and how you may use that information, please read our Job Applicant Privacy Notice here.
Unsolicited Assistance: Tyson Foods and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited support from external recruitment vendors for open positions within the United States. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee or applicant tracking system at Tyson Foods or its subsidiaries, without a valid written request and search agreement approved by HR, will be considered the property of Tyson Foods. No fees will be paid if the candidate is hired due to an unsolicited referral.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Food Scientist
Match your degree to the SOC code
PERM petitions for Food Scientists are filed under SOC 19-1012. Your degree must align with the specialty the employer defines in the job description. A food technology or chemistry degree typically satisfies this; a general biology degree may trigger an RFE.
Request an EB-2 evaluation early
If your role requires an advanced degree, confirm your employer will file under EB-2 before accepting an offer. EB-2 skips the skills-shortage recruitment steps that slow EB-3 PERM cases in R&D-heavy food science positions.
Target employers with PERM filing history
Food manufacturers, flavor houses, and contract research organizations that have filed PERM applications before are far more likely to repeat the process. Use Migrate Mate to filter Food Scientist roles by employers with documented green card sponsorship activity.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
DOL sets the prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location through OFLC Wage Search. Your offered salary must meet or exceed this figure or your employer's PERM application will be rejected, regardless of your qualifications.
Prepare your educational credential evaluation now
PERM and I-140 petitions require USCIS to confirm your foreign degree is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's or master's. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization before you start interviewing so it doesn't delay your employer's filing timeline.
Understand how concurrent filing affects your timeline
If your priority date is current when your I-140 is approved, your employer can file your I-485 adjustment of status concurrently. For EB-3 Food Scientists from most countries, this happens faster than most candidates expect.
Green Card Food Scientist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Food Scientist role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Both categories are available depending on the role's requirements. EB-2 applies when the position genuinely requires a master's degree or equivalent advanced credentials. EB-3 covers roles where a bachelor's degree in food science, chemistry, or a closely related field satisfies the minimum requirement. Your employer's attorney determines the category based on the actual job duties, not your personal qualifications.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for Food Scientists?
H-1B visa status is temporary and subject to an annual lottery with a cap of 85,000 slots. PERM-based green card sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most nationalities. The PERM process takes longer upfront, often 18 to 36 months from filing to an approved I-140, but the outcome is lawful permanent residency rather than a renewable temporary status.
How do I find Food Scientist jobs where employers will sponsor a green card?
Search Migrate Mate to filter Food Scientist openings by employers with verified EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship history. Not all food companies advertise sponsorship in job postings, and many mid-size ingredient suppliers and contract manufacturers sponsor PERM cases regularly without publicizing it. Targeting employers with a documented filing record saves significant time compared to applying broadly and asking during interviews.
What role does the PERM labor certification play in the Food Scientist green card process?
PERM is the DOL certification step that comes before your employer files the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. The employer must conduct a supervised recruitment process and demonstrate that no qualified U.S. worker was available for the role. Food Scientist positions that require specialized skills in areas like fermentation science, regulatory compliance, or flavor chemistry tend to clear PERM more cleanly than generalist roles.
Can my employer start the PERM process while I'm on H-1B or OPT?
Yes. Employers can file a PERM labor certification for you while you hold any valid nonimmigrant status, including H-1B or OPT. Your current authorization status does not affect PERM eligibility. The key is that your employer initiates the process while you still have valid work authorization, since PERM and I-140 approval alone do not grant work authorization. USCIS processes I-485 adjustment of status only after those earlier steps are complete.