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Osmo is a digital olfaction company developing AI/ML-powered technology to give computers a sense of smell, with applications across fragrance, manufacturing, security, and medicine. This is a ground-floor opportunity to build and lead the Quality Control function from the foundation up.
You will own quality across the entire production pipeline: incoming raw materials and finished fragrance products. Your responsibilities include:
- Judge incoming material test results from automated systems, determining whether out-of-spec readings represent real defects or normal variation in natural materials
- Conduct olfactive (sensory) evaluation of raw materials and finished goods, applying trained fragrance industry judgment that equipment cannot replicate
- Run triangulation testing on outgoing product to confirm consistency with prior batches before customer shipment
- Design and continuously improve the QC process, documentation, systems, and SOPs from the ground up
- Make accept/reject decisions in real time, multiple times daily, escalating only genuinely ambiguous cases
- Identify process gaps and drive fixes rather than operating within pre-defined systems
- Lead root cause analysis on non-conforming materials, out-of-spec results, and customer quality concerns; drive corrective actions
- Maintain lab documentation, SOPs, method records, equipment calibration, and qualification
- Monitor and report on QC turnaround time, effectiveness, and recurring quality issues
- Build and lead the QC team as headcount grows
- Partner cross-functionally with Purchasing, Warehouse, Shipping/Receiving, Fragrance Development, Production, and the internal AI team
Within 6-12 months, success means establishing a working QC program with solid processes and systems, qualifying raw materials at scale, and delivering product to customers consistently without post-shipment holds or rejections.
Osmo is headquartered in Elizabeth, NJ with an additional office in Somerville, MA. Complimentary shuttle service is provided from Brooklyn and Newark, NJ. This role requires on-site presence in Elizabeth 5 days per week.
The company offers catered lunch (Mon/Wed/Fri), 401(k) with employer match, competitive salary with meaningful equity, flexible PTO, paid family leave, and commuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking).
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years direct fragrance QC experience (8-12 years ideal); adjacent industries (flavor, cosmetics, specialty chemicals) do not substitute
- Proven track record building or fixing a QC process, not just executing within an existing one
- Trained nose with organoleptic and sensory evaluation skills specific to fragrance raw materials and finished goods
- Comfortable making high-frequency accept/reject decisions independently without over-escalating routine judgment
- Working knowledge of quality documentation, audits, CAPA, and root cause processes in regulated manufacturing
- Direct communicator who thrives in fast-moving, still-being-built environments
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related scientific field preferred; equivalent hands-on experience accepted
- Must be on-site in Elizabeth, NJ 5 days per week
