Senior Development Engineer - Fragrance & Beauty - S&T Delivery Systems

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and imagination, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.

In France, discover the empowered passionate professionals who made history creating our legendary perfumery school. Feel the heritage. Acquire knowledge and experience, gained in our renowned European Creation Centre, or from any of our 17 innovative sites across the country. Every day, your commitment, your humility, and your risk-taking will shape our future. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

We are looking for a Senior Development Engineer to join our Fragrance & Beauty team, in S&T Delivery Systems department. In this role, you will lead technical development and industrialization initiatives supporting innovative fragrance and beauty solutions across development, manufacturing and operations.

You will collaborate closely with Creation, R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams to optimize processes, support scale-up activities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives aligned with safety, quality, sustainability, and operational excellence objectives.

Main Responsibilities

Lead product and process development, optimization, and industrialization projects

Support manufacturing scale-up and technology transfer activities

Drive troubleshooting and continuous improvement initiatives

Manage technical projects and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders

Contribute to automation, digitalization, and sustainability initiatives

Provide technical expertise and mentoring within the engineering community

Profile

Degree in Chemical, Process, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering

8+ years of relevant engineering experience in fragrance, cosmetics, FMCG, chemical, or related industries

Strong project management and problem-solving skills

Experience in manufacturing/process environments

Collaborative and innovation-oriented mindset

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to impactful innovation projects within Givaudan's Fragrance & Beauty organization while supporting operational excellence and sustainable growth.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.