Product Development Scientist

This is a full time role at our office in Dadar East, Mumbai. We make Ayurvedic gut health products that work - we want to expand their flavors and formats. What you'll doTake a protocol and make it real. You'll work at our bench in Dadar, prototype weekly, and own a product from first batch to the version that ships.Build new formats — shots, sachets, chewables, jellies, granules, teasFix bitterness and aftertaste in high-dose botanical formulas without burying them in sugarKeep the active dose intact. Efficacy is not negotiable, palatability is your problem to solve around itWrite the spec that lets a contract manufacturer reproduce what you madeVerify what comes back against your own bench standard, in our lab, and say no when it missesYou'll fit if youHave 4–8 years of hands-on development — you've personally run the batches, not supervised someone who didHave worked with difficult actives: bitter botanicals, harsh extracts, enzymes, high-dose powdersCan work in both wet and dry formats. Beverages and blends, granulation and compressionKnow how to mask bitterness with acid, salt, aroma and mouthfeel, not just sweetenerHave taken something from bench to a manufactured batch and dealt with what broke in betweenHave a palate calibrated to Indian consumersThis is not for you ifYou've only written formulations and reports, never made themYou need a pilot plant and a team to get anything doneYou've never had to reject a batchTo applySend your CV to harsh.doshi@hatabevtech.com, plus one paragraph: a product you personally developed, how many batches it took, and what was wrong with the first one.