- Location
- Spain
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Department
- Professional / Experienced
- Source
- JOIN
Description
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** 馃悹 is to foster the world鈥檚 transition to a sustainable food system- without asking consumers to compromise on taste, texture, or price.
**Our planet** 馃寧 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 early days**.
## Tasks
We are looking for a responsible, organised individual with a practical approach to work on scaling our solid-state fermentation plant.
This is a senior expert role. Previous experience of >2y in scaling solid state fermenetation processes is a must; ideally in food environments.
This is a key role within our Barcelona pilot plant, offering a high degree of operational autonomy and direct responsibility for testing and validating scaling mechanisms, experiment design and investment decisions.
## Requirements
- Degrees are great, relevant experience is better. This can come in the form of an MSc. or Ph.D. +3 year experience in Mycology, Food Technology, Biotechnology, or any relevant experience
- A positive attitude and an overflowing motivation
- Experience in working with strong aseptic conditions required for fungal mycology
- A track record of willingness to learn, adapt, get stuff done, and be proactive
- Independence and strong sense of ownership for tasks
- Excellent written and verbal skills in English
- Experience in high-speed environments such as consulting or startups can be a plus
- 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
