Staff Scientist R&D Salty Pretzels

The Hershey Company
📍 Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted July 08, 2026

Job Description

Summary:

Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Salty R&D, and working at our Technical Center in Hershey, PA, the Staff Scientist position provides leadership of medium and high complexity product development projects in the Hershey Salty Snacks portfolio. The ability to operate with a high level of autonomy across all programs and projects is expected. The successful candidate is a proven problem solver and critical thinker, which results in problem resolution. They will consistently demonstrate, apply, document, and disseminate technical knowledge to different audiences at different levels of the organization. The candidate leverages internal and external networks as appropriate to deliver solutions.

Specific Role Focus Area: 


Product development leadership from concept to commercialization, partnering with Marketing and suppliers to bring concepts to life on communicated timelines. Lead development of next generation novel baked and salty snac...

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Job Details

  • Location Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Life Scientists
  • Posted Date July 08, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 17, 2026