{"id":1081318,"url":"https://alion.io/job/osmo-senior-qc-technician-fragrance-manufacturing","title":"Senior QC Technician, Fragrance Manufacturing","company":{"id":37629,"name":"Osmo","domain":"osmo.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/osmo","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Field & Service","role_family":"Field & Service","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Elizabeth, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":80000,"max":100000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":100000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-20T23:30:51Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-20","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T19:07:00Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Who we are at Osmo:\nOsmo is a digital olfaction company, on a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve the health and wellbeing of human life. Why? Our sense of smell both enriches and saves lives, and has a deep and direct connection to our emotions and memory.\nOlfactory Intelligence has applications across industries including fragrance, manufacturing, security, medicine, and more. We believe in the power of automation and thoughtfully applied AI/ML to solve problems beyond the reach of human intuition alone.\nWe're headquartered in Elizabeth, NJ, with an additional office in Somerville, MA. We provide complimentary shuttle service from Brooklyn and Newark, NJ.\nAbout the Role\nOsmo's QC function is being built from the ground up, and this seat is where day-to-day quality judgment lives. You'll run testing and sampling on raw materials coming in and finished fragrance going out, using real fragrance-industry judgment that automated testing alone can't provide. You'll have the standing to make real-time accept/reject calls independently, and the experience to step in and cover QC decisions when the QC Manager is out.\nWhat You'll Do:\nJudge incoming raw material results from automated testing, deciding when an out-of-spec reading is a real defect versus normal variation in a natural material\n\nApply trained olfactive judgment to evaluate raw materials and finished goods using sensory skill the equipment can't replicate\n\nRun triangulation testing on outgoing product to confirm it matches prior batches before it reaches a customer\n\nMake accept/reject calls in real time, multiple times a day, escalating only genuinely ambiguous cases to the QC Manager\n\nStep in and cover QC sign-off when the QC Manager is unavailable, keeping finished-goods flow moving rather than stalling\n\nMaintain and run lab instrumentation (GC/MS, photosampler, flash point testing, colorimeters), including calibration checks and upkeep\n\nMaintain audit-ready lab records: test logs, certificates of analysis, and equipment records\n\nMentor QC Tech staff on fragrance-specific testing and olfactive judgment\n\nPartner across the floor with Purchasing, Warehouse, Shipping/Receiving, and Fragrance Development on sample flow and testing turnaround\n\nWho You Are:\nFragrance industry experience or exposure required - adjacent industries (coffee, beer, wine, alcohol roasting, flavor, cosmetics, specialty chemicals) don't clear the bar\n\nComfortable making high-frequency accept/reject calls independently, without over-escalating routine judgment\n\nTrained nose - sensory and olfactive evaluation skill specific to fragrance raw materials and finished goods\n\nStrong hands-on experience with lab instrumentation; GC/GCMS familiarity is a plus, not a requirement\n\nStrong documentation habits\n\nComfortable stepping into a QC decision-making role in the Manager's absence\n\nTechnical degree preferred (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related); equivalent hands-on fragrance-industry lab experience accepted in place of a degree\n\nOn-site in Elizabeth, NJ, 5 days a week\n\nWhat We Offer:\nReal Growth Path - A senior technician track with real, independent QC decision-making authority, inside a quality function being built from the ground up\n\nCatered Lunch - Mon/Wed/Fri; Newark, NJ and Brooklyn shuttles\n\n401(k) savings plan and employer match\n\nCompetitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company\n\nFlexible PTO and paid family leave\n\nCommuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking)\n\nIf this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches.\nFor all Full-Time Employees, compensation is just one component of Osmo’s total rewards approach, which is designed to support the well-being, growth, and long-term success of our team members. Depending on the role, this may include base salary or contract-based pay, along with access to health, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match; flexible paid time off and company holidays; and equity or incentive compensation for eligible roles. Actual compensation will vary based on factors such as experience, skills, location, internal equity, and other relevant business considerations. Osmo regularly reviews pay ranges and compensation structures to ensure they remain competitive, equitable, and aligned with current market data. \nAll employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.\nRecruitment & Staffing Agencies: Osmo does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Osmo or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the Osmo Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Osmo and Osmo will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.\nIn compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire","description_format":"text","description_chars":5479,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Parental leave","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Natural Resources","Machine Learning","Fragrances & Perfumes","AI for Science"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-20T23:33:53Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":100000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/osmo-senior-qc-technician-fragrance-manufacturing","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/osmo-senior-qc-technician-fragrance-manufacturing.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T21:03:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}