Ardent Mills Innovation Center Intern - Pullman, WA

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Ardent Mills Innovation Center Intern - Pullman, WA

-Part time, 12 weeks

Ardent Mills is committed to transforming how the world is nourished. As the premier flour-milling and ingredient company, we cultivate the future of plant-based solutions to help our customers and communities thrive. Ardent Mills is looking for curious, ambitious individuals who want to grow their global and local impact, career, and leadership skills.

Project Title: Characterization of alternative grains as ingredients

Project Overview:

Ardent Mills recently expanded the footprint of its Ardent Mills Innovation Center (AMIC) network with a location in Pullman, Washington. The state-of-the-art facility serves as an R&D analytical lab and experimental mill focused on alternative grains. We work to uncover compelling genetic solutions for pulses and alternative grains, particularly chickpeas. Through plant breeding, the Ardent Mills R&D team aims to develop new varieties of specific crops to achieve nutritional and functional characteristics that provide value to Ardent Mills customers by expanding the company's solution-focused offerings. To support our alternative grains center of excellence, Emerging Nutrition, our team at AMIC Pullman is comprehensively characterizing priority Emerging Nutrition crops in 2025. The proposed intern project will aim to characterize the functionality of these priority crops at AMIC Pullman.

Project Objectives: Obtain requested functionality data from priority crop samples.

Types of testing expected:

• Functionality testing (e.g. water holding, foaming, gelling capacity, etc.)
• Lab scale milling
• Data analysis
• Detailed reporting on findings, methods

Qualifications:

• Background in Food Science
• Experience working with alternative grains, plant breeding, or related

Other considerations:

• Must be authorized to work in the Unites states without sponsorship now and in the future
• Except where prohibited by law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test and pre-employment background check

Team members must be clean shaven in order to perform tasks where respiratory protection is required and the use of a respirator (including N-95 dust mask) requires a proper seal for adequate protection.