Organisation/Company Hausmann Aromatic Research Field Technology » Biotechnology Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 18 Oct 2026 - 12:00 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 1 Oct 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

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Offer Description
Hausmann is seeking an exceptional newly qualified PhD to work in a joint industry-academic research initiative aimed at the development and scale-up of novel enzymatic processes for the sustainable production of natural flavour compounds.
The initial focus of the position will be the development of natural vanillin through an innovative enzymatic pathway using agricultural by-products,



within a collaborative R&D; project involving Hausmann and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
The role sits at the interface between academic research and industrial biotechnology, offering the opportunity to translate lab-scale biocatalytic discoveries into robust, scalable, cost-effective, and commercially viable manufacturing processes.
This position is particularly suited to a researcher who wants to transition from academia into industrial R&D;, while maintaining a strong interaction with a leading academic research environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Biocatalytic Process Design & Optimization: in collaboration with UAB (Eng4Bio research group) the Project aims at designing, characterizing, and optimizing multi-enzyme for target flavor compounds.
- Process Scale-Up & Bioprocessing: Transfer bench-scale enzymatic reactions performed at UAB into bench-scale initiative at Hausmann (1L–5L), optimizing parameters including mixing, aeration, substr

📌 Researcher in Biocatalysis (España)
🏢 Hausmann Aromatic
📍 España