Kult Farm is a foodtech startup in Barcelona developing novel plant-based protein ingredients through solid-state fermentation. The company is focused on building scalable and sustainable processes for next-generation protein alternatives.
Role overview
Key responsibilities
- Support experimental planning and execution for solid-state fermentation scaling trials.
- Prepare substrates, inocula and fermentation runs following SOPs and good laboratory practices.
- Monitor and record process parameters such as temperature, humidity and time.
- Assist with sample handling and basic downstream processing.
- Contribute to data analysis, reporting and technical documentation.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or currently enrolled, in a STEM field such as Biotechnology, Food Science, Chemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Microbiology or related discipline.
- English is required.
- Strong interest in fermentation, alternative proteins and sustainable food systems.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with fermentation is desirable.
- Experience with process scaling is also desirable.
- Familiarity with data analysis tools such as Excel, Python or R is a plus.
What Kult Farm offers
- Paid internship.
- Hands-on experience in fermentation scaling for plant-based proteins.
- Opportunity to work in an ambitious startup environment in Barcelona.
Why join?
- You will work in a cross-disciplinary Production team with food technologists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, engineers at a cutting-edge technology.
- Trans-disciplinarity at its peak: we believe invention only happens when you connect dots that are seemingly far apart.
- A high-impact, ambitious startup environment with the ability to learn and grow alongside the company
- The opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology and make a true impact on the environment and our food system
- A fun, versátil, and rewarding environment where you can have the ability to thrive as a p