Lab Fragrance Compounders
- Location
- Elizabeth, NJ · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Listed
- 13 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Accurate weighing, measuring, and blending of raw materials
- Sensory evaluation and olfactory sensitivity
- Ability to identify raw material characteristics (odor, color) and report discrepancies
- Operation of mixing tanks, scales, and pumps following SOPs
- Adherence to safety protocols and PPE requirements
- Familiarity with olfactive families and fragrance structures
- Basic lab equipment knowledge
- Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment
Also useful
- Knowledge of essential oils, aroma chemicals, and resins
- Formal perfumery training (ISIPCA, GIP, Grasse Institute, ESP)
- Experience in a fragrance house, brand, or evaluation lab
- Understanding of raw material order of addition
About the Role
Osmo is seeking a Fragrance Compounder to join our team. The Compounder will be responsible for accurately weighing, measuring, and blending raw materials to produce fragrance formulations. The ideal candidate will have experience in a fragrance production environment, possess strong mathematical skills, and adhere to safety and quality standards.
What You'll Do
- Fragrance Compounding: Accurately measure, weigh, and mix raw materials and essential oils according to formulas and batch sheets. Precision and understanding of certain raw materials characteristics will be key to a successful compounder.
- Quality Control: Ability to distinguish raw material characteristics (e.g., odor, color) and report any discrepancies or abnormalities.
- Equipment Operation & Maintenance: Operate and clean mixing tanks, scales, pumps, and other production equipment while following standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Safety & Compliance: Ability to follow all company safety protocols, including handling hazardous materials and wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is a requirement for this role.
- Inventory Management: Assist in monitoring raw material stock levels and notify supervisors of any shortages or issues.
Who You Are
- A minimum of 5 years experience in fragrance or flavor compounding is strongly preferred.
- Extreme attention to detail and accuracy when measuring, weighing, and blending raw materials.
- Basic knowledge of lab equipment.
- A trained or highly sensitive nose, with strong familiarity of olfactive families and fragrance structures
- Demonstrated proficiency in sensory evaluation and a highly developed, reliable olfactory sense. Candidates will be required to pass a sensory acuity screening.
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.
Ways to Stand Out
- Have a memorized understanding of the properties and interactions of commonly used essential oils, aroma chemicals, and resins
- Formal training in perfumery (ISIPCA, GIP, Grasse Institute, ESP, or other Perfumery Training)
- Experience in a fragrance house, brand, or evaluation lab
- Understand the order of addition for certain raw materials and the reasons behind it.
What We Offer
- Catered Lunch - Mon/Wed/Fri; Newark, NJ and Brooklyn shuttles
- 401(k) savings plan and employer match
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a high-growth company
- Flexible PTO and paid family leave
- Commuter benefits (pre-tax transit and parking)
If 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.
Every posting lists the pay range and benefits for that role. Where you land in the range depends on skills, experience, scope, and internal equity. Full time employees receive a total rewards package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, a healthcare FSA, a 401(k) with company match, flexible paid time off, paid family leave, company holidays, and commuter benefits. Eligible roles also receive equity, which is subject to the terms of the equity plan and board approval and is not guaranteed. Applicants and employees may ask about and discuss their pay without retaliation.
Who we are at Osmo
Osmo 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.
Olfactory 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.
We're headquartered in Elizabeth, NJ, with an additional office in Somerville, MA. We provide complimentary shuttle service from Brooklyn and Newark, NJ.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Osmo is an equal opportunity employer.
We hire, develop, and promote based on skills, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, nationality, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related conditions, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, familial or caregiver status, disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, military or veteran status, liability for military service, hair texture or protective hairstyle, arrest or conviction record consistent with applicable law, unemployment status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
This commitment covers every part of employment, including hiring, job assignment, compensation, discipline, benefits, and training.
Accommodations: If you need an accommodation to apply or interview, tell us at. Your request is confidential and will not affect how we evaluate you. Please reach out before your first interview so we can plan with you.
Recruiting & Staffing Agencies: Osmo does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not send resumes to Osmo employees or any Osmo address. Osmo is not responsible for fees on unsolicited submissions unless the Talent Acquisition team has engaged you directly in writing.
Work authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Each posting states whether visa sponsorship for employment is available for that role. All new hires must complete identity and employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) after an offer is accepted.
From Osmo's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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This Lab Fragrance Compounders position at Osmo is located in Elizabeth, NJ (On-site). Always check Osmo's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
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