Job Description

Senior Scientist, Air Care Development

Location:  Princeton, NJ

Join our dynamic and innovative air care technical development team at dsm-firmenich, where innovation, diversity, and sustainability are at the heart of everything we do.  The Senior Scientist will work closely with customers and cross‑functional perfumery teams, collaborate with R&D to deepen fragrance performance understanding and build models that enhance creation efficiency.   The Senior Scientist will also partner with open‑innovation groups to identify breakthrough technologies and bring them to strategic customers.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in and execute the air care category strategy with business units, perfumers, evaluators, and development teams, ensuring strong alignment with customer priorities.
• Lead and supervise the development, testing, and evaluation of new technologies and product forms, driving differentiated solutions for strategic customers.
• Support perfumers with scientific insights, performance data, and predictive models that improve creation efficiency and enable winning fragrance designs.
• Manage global strategic innovation projects, ensuring scientific rigor, timely delivery, and clear communication across R&D, commercial, and customer teams.
• Define, implement, and validate scientific standards, methodologies, and procedures to ensure robustness and reproducibility of air care technical work.
• Promote a partnership mindset with key clients and open‑innovation partners, while actively networking within the global R&D organization to secure resources and continuously identify category‑driving innovations. 

We Offer: 

• Join a vibrant, cross‑functional fragrance development community where scientists, perfumers, marketers, and developers come together to imagine what’s next for air care — and make it real.
• Shape the future of fragrance performance through a blend of short‑term discovery and long‑term innovation, working on projects that push boundaries and redefine what great air care can be.
• Make a real impact in a company where sustainability is a lived purpose, driving positive change for people and the planet through responsible science and breakthrough technologies.
• Grow with us in an environment that nurtures curiosity, learning, and ambition, offering meaningful opportunities to deepen your expertise, expand your influence, and build a career with purpose.
• Be part of a company with a legacy of scientific leadership and transformative innovation, where your ideas help shape the next generation of products experienced by millions.
• Join an inclusive, equal‑opportunity workplace that celebrates authenticity, values every voice, and empowers you to contribute at your highest potential.

You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific field, supported by substantial professional experience in fragrance, air care, or adjacent product categories with minimum of 10 years industry experience. 
• Strong knowledge of analytical chemistry, sensory science, and product or formulation development, including familiarity with malodor control technologies.
• Experience with data management tools, digital methodologies, or modeling approaches relevant to fragrance or product performance (a strong advantage).
• A collaborative and cross‑functional mindset, with the ability to partner effectively across science, creation, marketing, development, and customer‑facing teams.
• Creativity, autonomy, openness, initiative, and strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex scientific insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, with confidence presenting to both technical and non‑technical audiences. 

The salary or hourly wage scale provided reflects the pay range dsm-firmenich expects to pay the successful candidate for the position. Individual pay offered will be based on the applicant’s job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. This position is also eligible for bonuses and benefits, which are not included in the pay scale provided. Salary $133,000 -$145,000.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future. 

Because real progress only happens when we  go beyond, together .

The application process

Interested in this position? Please apply online by uploading your resume in English by April 3, 2026.

Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role

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