Senior Scientist

Salary: $130,000-$160,000/year

JOB TITLE: Senior Scientist

REPORTS TO: Chief Scientific Officer

STATUS: Full time, Exempt

LOCATION: On-site, Bellingham, WA

SALARY RANGE: $130,000-$160,000/year based on experience & qualifications

BENEFITS: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, optional FSA/HSA, 401k with 6% employer match, life and AD&D insurance, Employee Assistance Program, short & long term disability, tuition reimbursement, 21.67 days of paid time off + 10 holidays

About Tidal Vision:

We believe that sustainability should not require customers to compromise on price, convenience, or performance. Our mission is to create positive and systemic environmental impact by making our biopolymer solutions cost competitive, more convenient, and better performing than the synthetic chemicals we displace. We value innovation and take pride in challenging the status-quo; we choose to view obstacles as opportunities. We value new ideas and encourage the team to apply creativity and invent new solutions to meet challenging demands. We foster open, direct communication, and a collaborative working environment through our unique approach to work culture. We value our employees and demonstrate that through our compensation and benefits programs and opportunities for growth and development.

About Tidal Visions Unique Work Culture:

Tidal Vision strives to build and invest in the highest performing and most innovative team. We put our people and customers above process, avoid company-wide rules as much as possible, and have the courage to take unusual approaches to advance our mission. With this approach, we believe we can create a more flexible, fun, stimulating, creative, collaborative, and innovative organization.

Our commitment to developing, practicing and promoting direct and open communication, responsibility and freedom, and leading with and seeking context is a responsibility for every role at Tidal Vision.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Senior Scientist will play a critical role in advancing Tidal Grow AgriScience`s Research&Development pipeline. This position requires deep expertise in agricultural sciences, product development, and technology scale-up, as well as the leadership skills to guide teams and collaborate across functions. The Senior Scientist will lead product concept initiation, improvement of existing products, research trial design and execution, and product life cycle assessments. This role blends scientific rigor with commercial awareness, translating cutting-edge research into practical, sustainable solutions that strengthen both grower outcomes and company growth.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Lead innovation and product concept development, including improvements to existing product lines.
• Drive technology development, scale-up and translation from laboratory research to commercial application.
• Provide scientific and strategic recommendations to leadership, management, and stakeholders.
• Design, manage, and analyze field and greenhouse trials, delivering data-driven insights.
• Mentor and lead cross-functional R&D teams.
• Conduct product life cycle assessments from discovery through commercialization.
• Collaborate with regulatory, product development, and business teams to align science with market and customer needs.
• Apply computational R&D and advanced statistical analysis to optimize performance.
• Prepare and submit research proposals; represent Tidal Grow AgriScience with partners, institutions, and industry stakeholders.
• Utilizing your experience, you will provide input to the PD and CAS Teams regarding customer needs and ensure product and offer innovation matches the strategy for each account.
• Generally representing the mission, vision, and values of Tidal Grow AgriScience with customers and other stakeholders.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters degree or Ph.D. in Agricultural Science, Plant Science, Chemistry, Chemical Sciences, or a related field.
• Over 10 years of proven R&D experience in agriculture, fertilizers, pesticides, or related industries, with expertise in product development, technology scale-up, and computational R&D.
• Hands-on experience working with biopolymers, particularly chitosan, in developing agricultural inputs, coatings, and controlled-release formulations.
• Strong knowledge of ag industry products, applications, and regulations.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, with experience inspiring, mentoring, and motivating teams.
• Excellent communication, proposal writing, and relationship management skills.
• Proven track record of delivering scientific and commercial outcomes.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Deep understanding of crop production, regenerative practices, sustainability, and market trends.
• Strategic thinker with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively in a dynamic environment.
  

Licensing & Special Requirements

Incumbent is subject to a criminal background check.

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Position is based on-site in Bellingham, WA. Some travel may be required for research trials, conferences, or partner engagement. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, smell, visually inspect materials, walk, etc., and sometimes needs to lift and/or move up to 30 pounds while working around crop protection products. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

Tidal Vision provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, to equalize peak work periods, or otherwise to balance the workload. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.