You will be part of the Material Science lab to characterize our sustainable packaging material to support our product development team.

• Prepare samples and operate instruments, e.g., for the determination of oxygen and water transmission rates, tensile strengths, material thickness and surface roughness

• Perform individual test series for product tests or product development

• Ensure quality control of raw and self-produced materials

• Prepare samples for external measurements and organise their shipment 

• Support of the lab manager with the lab organisation, e.g. placement of orders or updating of SOPs and health- and safety topics

• Support of the lab manager with quality assurance and equipment maintenance, e.g. by performing reference film measurements and their documentation

• Document all test activities and generate standard test reports  

• You are a trained laboratory technician (or alternatively have a bachelor degree (B. Sc.) in a field related to materials science).

• Experience in laboratory work, optimally in a routine testing lab also performing quality controls and working according to specific norms and standards 

• Experience with accurate sample preparation and the handling of various samples and difference tests

• Experience with the handling of sensitive lab instruments, ideally some technical background to identify and resolve technical issues

• High service and hands-on mentality to provide the best support for our product development team with the required test data

• Ideally have a technical background in the analysis of paper or other flexible packaging material

• IT-affinity to further support the digitalization and automatization of our lab processes

• Willingness to support the lab built-out process and to improve our internal lab organisation

• Fluency in German would be an advantage

• Fluency in English, as this is our working language

• Duty to care: care for yourself, your colleagues, your work, our offices, and ultimately, our planet
• Create with intent: work with a goal in mind. Ask yourself what you are trying to achieve and constantly evaluate whether your current path is the best way to achieve this goal
• Acknowledge the process: we celebrate our failures and successes together, and keep iterating to improve
• Transparency: all knowledge is accessible to everyone

1. Application Review and TA Screen. Your application will be reviewed and if successful, one of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out and book in a 30 minute introductory Google Meets call. 

2. Hiring Manager call: If successful, you'll move on to a more in depth professional call with one of our awesome hiring managers. Here we'll delve deeper into your commercial experience and aspirations, lasting around 1 hour over Google Meet. 

3. Team call: If successful, you'll then move on to discuss current company culture and ways of working with other senior members of the team. You'll get the chance to demonstrate how your skills and personality might complement or “add” to the current team while talking us through a practical scenario or two.
 
4. Final Culture and Values Call with the Founder(s). Providing you with a solid understanding of the future aims, values and aspirations of the company.

We are very proud of the culture we have built to support diversity & inclusion and will do everything we can to continue to be an inclusive company where all team members are comfortable, supported and empowered to succeed. 

We seek to ensure that all employees are afforded equal opportunities and treatment, irrespective of any qualifier, in all aspects of recruitment, employment, training and determination of benefits. 

For sake of clarity, all team members and candidates will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. 

If you require any accommodations for the interview process, please include them in your application or in scheduling requests for a first call.