Senior Scientist, Ingredient Quality & Analytical Science
The Coca-Cola Company · Posted Nov 4, 2026
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- $131K–$153K per year
- 10+ years
A hands-on subject matter expert and individual contributor bringing expertise in GC- and LC-HRMS, method development and validation, chemical profiling, unknown identification, contaminant analysis, authenticity testing, and raw material characterization.
Compensation
United States: 131,000 - 153,000 USD
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior SME in HRMS, LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, LC-QTOF, chromatographic separations, mass spectral interpretation, and related technologies.
- Direct complex investigations of atypical or out-of-specification results, contamination, authenticity concerns, supplier variability, degradation, and unexplained chemical or sensory differences.
- Mentor and coach scientists and laboratory colleagues across the laboratory network.
- Design and execute targeted and non-targeted studies of food, flavor, and beverage ingredients to characterize volatile and non-volatile components, chemical fingerprints, quality, variability, impurities, degradation products, contaminants, and potential adulterants.
- Confirm compound identities using accurate mass, isotope patterns, fragmentation behavior, MS/MS spectra, reference standards, and spectral libraries.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in chemistry
- Bachelor’s in biochemistry
- Master’s degree
- Ph.D. (preferred)
- Nice to have: Master’s degree