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Regulatory Food Safety Microbiology SME

US - MD, Silver Spring💼 Full-time💰 $65,000–$65,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-27

Core

Conduct microbiological safety assessments and risk characterization of dietary ingredients and dietary supplement products to support FDA regulatory review.

Role type

Regulatory Food Safety Microbiology SME

Builds

Technically defensible reports supporting FDA regulatory review activities

Domain

Food safety / Regulatory science / Microbiology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery

Required skills

Microbiological testing and characterization, Scientific literature evaluation, Microbial risk assessment, Microbial identification techniques, Technical writing, Data quality assessment

Preferred skills

FDA/USDA/CDC regulatory review experience, Genomic sequencing methods, Antimicrobial resistance evaluation, Microbial toxin evaluation

Technologies

FDA databases, Scientific literature repositories, Toxicological assessment tools

Responsibilities

Conduct microbiological safety assessments and risk characterization, Review and evaluate New Dietary Ingredient Notification (NDIN) submissions, Evaluate microbiological characterization and testing data, Review scientific literature and perform evidence assessments, Compile annotated bibliographies and prepare scientific memoranda, Present scientific findings and recommendations to reviewers

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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