Senior R&D Chemist - Agricultural Formulations

About the role

We are seeking an experienced R&D Chemist to develop, optimize, and scale agricultural formulations for commercial use. This role will focus on transforming active ingredients into robust, farmer-ready products that maintain performance under real-world storage, mixing, handling, and application conditions. The ideal candidate combines strong chemistry fundamentals with hands-on experience in agricultural formulation development, including compatibility, stability, scale-up, and performance across diverse farming systems. Success in this role requires a practical understanding of how products interact with fertilizers, crop protection products, water quality, storage environments, and field equipment used in modern agriculture.

Why This Role Matters: This position plays a critical role in bringing innovative agricultural technologies from the laboratory to the field. The R&D Chemist will help ensure products are not only scientifically sound but also stable, manufacturable, compatible with agricultural systems, and reliable for growers operating at commercial scale. While this position is being advertised as a Senior R&D Chemist, exceptional candidates whose experience and qualifications exceed the requirements of the role may be considered for a more senior position, with title and compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Formulation Development
  • Design, develop, and optimize liquid and suspension formulations for agricultural, biological, nutritional, and crop protection products.
  • Evaluate surfactants, dispersants, preservatives, stabilizers, rheology modifiers, and other formulation components.
  • Improve product performance, shelf life, handling properties, and manufacturability.
• Stability & Compatibility Testing
  • Design and execute accelerated and real-time stability studies.
  • Assess compatibility with fertilizers, crop protection products, adjuvants, and common tank-mix partners.
  • Evaluate effects of water hardness, pH, temperature cycling, freeze-thaw exposure, and storage conditions.
  • Troubleshoot phase separation, sedimentation, aggregation, viscosity drift, and other formulation challenges.
• Scale-Up & Manufacturing Support
  • Translate bench-top formulations into pilot and commercial-scale manufacturing processes.