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Food Scientist roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in food science, chemistry, or a closely related field. Large CPG manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and contract research organizations sponsor H-1B petitions regularly, with many filing under the annual 85,000-slot cap each April.
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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 H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Food Scientist
Align your degree to your role
USCIS scrutinizes Food Scientist petitions when the applicant's degree field doesn't directly match the role. A chemistry or biology degree supporting a flavor development position needs a clear connection documented in your petition's specialty occupation argument.
Look up prevailing wages before negotiating
Your offer must meet DOL's prevailing wage for your exact job title, location, and level. Run your role through the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer so you know whether your salary meets Level I through Level IV thresholds.
Target employers with LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to find Food Scientist roles filtered by employers who have certified Labor Condition Applications for this occupation. That history confirms the company understands the filing process and has done it before.
Verify your O*NET classification with your employer
Your employer's attorney will classify your role using an O*NET occupation code. Ask which code they intend to use, Food Scientists and Food Technologists have distinct codes that can affect how USCIS evaluates the specialty occupation requirement.
Understand the April 1 filing window
Cap-subject H-1B petitions can only be filed starting April 1 for an October 1 start date. If you're finishing a CPG internship or OPT period, time your job search so an offer is confirmed before your employer misses that window.
Confirm your employer files the LCA itself
The LCA is filed by the employer through DOL's FLAG system, not by you. Before accepting an offer, ask whether the company's HR or immigration counsel has handled this before, first-time sponsors sometimes underestimate the LCA certification timeline.
H-1B Visa Food Scientist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Food Scientist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, Food Scientist positions qualify as specialty occupations when the role requires at least a bachelor's degree in food science, food technology, chemistry, microbiology, or a directly related field. USCIS will examine whether the specific duties of your position, such as formulation, sensory analysis, or regulatory compliance, genuinely require that specialized degree. Roles requiring only a general science background without a specific field connection can face Requests for Evidence.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Food Scientists?
Consumer packaged goods manufacturers, ingredient and flavoring companies, contract research organizations, and food testing laboratories are the most active H-1B sponsors for this occupation. Academic institutions and government contractors can also sponsor but are often cap-exempt, meaning they aren't subject to the 85,000-slot annual limit. Use Migrate Mate to find employers with verified LCA filing history specifically for Food Scientist and Food Technologist roles.
What happens to my H-1B if I move from product development to a regulatory affairs role at the same company?
A material change in job duties, title, or location typically requires your employer to file an amended H-1B petition with USCIS before the change takes effect. Moving from bench formulation work to regulatory affairs is likely a material change because the SOC code, prevailing wage level, and specialty occupation argument may all differ. Your employer's immigration counsel should evaluate this before the transition.
Can my employer list multiple work locations on my H-1B petition?
Yes, but each location must have its own certified LCA covering the applicable prevailing wage for that area. Food Scientists who travel between a headquarters and a manufacturing plant, or who work at a client facility under a contract research arrangement, need LCAs covering all worksites. Failing to cover a new location before starting work there is a compliance violation that can affect your petition's validity.
How does the H-1B cap lottery affect Food Scientist job seekers?
Most private-sector Food Scientist roles fall under the annual H-1B cap, which means USCIS runs a lottery when registrations exceed 65,000 regular-cap slots plus 20,000 advanced-degree slots. Selection is random, so a strong application and qualified employer don't guarantee a slot. If you aren't selected, you can reregister in subsequent years or explore cap-exempt employers such as universities or nonprofit research institutions while you wait.