Quality Lab Technician
About The Position
As a key part of the Quality team, the person filling this role will be involved in sample receipt, logging, review and storage. We're looking for someone who's flexible and has a positive outlook with a “can-do” attitude! So, what’s it like to work here? If you’re based in the greater Bay Area, you’ll walk into our Emeryville office each Tuesday morning and start the in-person portion of our hybrid work week at our weekly all-company meeting and find close to 200 of your colleagues, some sitting with their dogs, talking excitedly through the week ahead and watching a newer teammate tell their personal life and career journey followed by a quick update on any hot topics that might be relevant to the week ahead. We are a dynamic, HYBRID workplace, with an expectation that all employees come into the office Tuesday through Thursday. We are very intentional about connecting in person for things like innovation, impromptu collaboration, having respectful challenges to get to better decisions, leadership role-modeling, and culture building. Great work cultures are built on stories about what great looks like in practice, and great stories during virtual meetings just don’t happen. The expected pay scale for this role is $60k to $70k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role. At the beginning of 2026, we moved into our massive modern 133,000 square foot headquarters in Emeryville, California, complete with spacious personal workspaces, gym with rock-climbing wall, a café, free onsite parking, tons of greenery, and many transportation options.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or related science field
- Related laboratory experience
- Proactive approach and work ethic for a fast-paced company
Nice To Haves
- Food manufacturing and/or corporate QA/QC experience a plus
- Sensory/Organoleptic experience a plus
Responsibilities
- Setting up daily sensory sessions on commercial products and logging results
- Testing samples for texture and viscosity as appropriate
- Reviewing routine documentation for acceptability
- Escalating any out of specification results
- Communicating product release to the team in a timely manner
- Setting up additional sample sensory or analysis as needed
- Assuring quality documentation is kept up to date and organized
- Assisting in making updates to existing procedures, specifications, and other files
- Making sure completed documentation is checked in to the system and available for use
- Assuring that all samples have arrived
- Providing notification if samples do not arrive or are late
- Sorting sample retains and moving to offsite storage as needed
- Organizing and upkeep of sample storage
- Tracking receipt of incoming complaint samples
- Performing testing on retain samples as needed to assess product performance
- Evaluating samples from any Quality shelf-life studies
- Preparing samples for tastings as needed
- Attending meetings and presentations
- Participating in company-wide activities and events galore
- Impromptu conversations with colleagues
- Administrivia like email, calendaring, expense reports, and other non-value-added work
Benefits
- Year-round ½ day Fridays
- in-office massages
- free lunches & snacks
- dogs in the office
- culture of belonging celebrations
- engaging in-office events like bring your kids to work day
- 6% 401k match after 1 year
- generous paid family leave regardless of gender
- all positions bonus-eligible
- company-wide volunteer days
- company-matched charitable donations
- no employee handbook
- no dress code
- coaching conversations instead of performance reviews
- walking meetings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
