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Product Development Technologist – 1 Year Industrial Placement OpportunityLowestoft, Suffolk – Commences Summer 2026Are you passionate about food and would be interested in the opportunityof being part of a team which creates great tasting products? If so, and you’re studying towards a Science degree and wish to develop yourself personally and professionally then look no further, our R&D team is offering a 12-month industrial placement.Nomad Foods Europe is Europe’s leading frozen food company with an annual turnover of 3.2 billion and manufactures market leading brands such as Birds Eye, Iglo, Findus, Aunt Bessie’s and Goodfella’s; products that offer our consumers great tasting, easy-to-prepare food that is fantastic value. Our headquarters are in London, UK and we employ 8,000 people in 17 countries, with 13 factories and this gives us the scale, the talent and the opportunities to achieve our ambitions.Over the year working as part of our Research, Development and Quality team at our Lowestoft factory site in Suffolk, you will broaden your knowledge and gain a variety of experiences, by undertaking a role which:teaches you about consumer preferences and trends in multiple markets and provides first-hand experience of R&D specification systems and operational processesprovide hands-on experience developing bench prototypes through to supporting scale-up factory trials. This will broaden and strengthen your practical skills and teach you new onesgives you project responsibilities with challenging deadlines, delivering your findings as both written reports and presentations to senior managersteaches you about the innovation process, as you take a product from concept, through development into factory trials and ultimately to laun