Quality Control & Compliance Specialist

Background:

Melt&Marble’s mission is to enable the transition towards a more sustainable agri-food system and beyond. Using precision fermentation, we design and produce the next generation of sustainable fats — tailored for functionality, performance, and health. As we prepare to launch our first product in the personal care sector and scale up production, we are seeking a QC & Compliance Specialist to ensure our processes and products meet the highest standards of quality and compliance.

This role is critical to supporting our transition from lab-scale innovation to commercial manufacturing, ensuring product stability, regulatory readiness, and robust quality systems.

Position summary:

The QC & Compliance Specialist will play a key role and lead initiatives in establishing and maintaining quality control systems to ensure product and process integrity, while also supporting regulatory compliance and product development. This hands-on, cross-functional role involves developing quality management processes, coordinating internal and external testing, monitoring product stability, supporting regulatory filings, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure product readiness.

Ideal candidates will have experience in quality assurance/control within the food and/or personal care sectors, with additional expertise in regulatory compliance and bioprocessing or fats & oils considered a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Control & Product Stability

• Define quality parameters, product specifications, and implement QC protocols across lab, pilot, and commercial-scale production, including HACCP planning.
• Conduct hands-on internal QC testing and coordinate external testing, ensuring alignment with production timelines and consistent batch performance.
• Monitor and analyze product stability data to provide insights for R&D and production teams.
• Collaborate with the scale-up team to define and implement QC checkpoints in pilot and commercial-scale manufacturing, and provide insights using QC data.

Regulatory Affairs & Compliance

• Support regulatory filings and testing coordination within food and personal care frameworks.
• Maintain documentation and traceability for audits and certifications.
• Contribute to the development of a regulatory roadmap aligned with company goals.

Quality Management Systems

• Build and maintain QMS suitable for scale-up and commercial manufacturing, ensuring GMP-like compliance.
• Organize product and batch documentation, including QC data.
• Train internal teams on quality procedures and best practices.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D in food science, biotechnology, chemistry, microbiology, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in quality control or quality assurance within food and/or personal care.
• Experience with product stability testing and QMS implementation in food and/or personal care.
• Familiarity with certifications and regulatory frameworks in food and/or personal care.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, continuously changing and cross-functional startup environment.

Bonus points:

• Experience in regulatory submissions within food and/or personal care for novel ingredients
• Experience with third-party lab coordination and external QC testing.
• Knowledge of specific B2B ingredient regulations within personal care or food.
• Experience in scaling quality systems from lab to commercial production.
• Experience working with lipids.
• Familiarity with fermentation-based or biotechnology production processes.

We offer:

• A mission-driven, collaborative environment where your work directly contributes to global sustainability and innovation.
• A high-growth startup culture that values initiative, creativity, and impact.
• Opportunity to shape Melt&Marble’s quality and regulatory foundation from the ground up.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Career development opportunities as the company scales.

Application procedure:

Applications should be in English and contain the following:

• Cover letter- tell us about what excites you about this space and why you think that you’re a great fit for Melt&Marble (500 words max)
• CV

Application deadline: October 31st, but candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible since evaluations will be done on a rolling basis and the position may be filled earlier.

If you have any questions about the position, feel free to contact us at hr@meltmarble.com.