Quality Engineer, Shellworks
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4+ days a week in office
Sustainable packaging alternatives
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Sustainable packaging alternatives
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
4+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make plastic waste a thing of the past.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrable experience in quality engineering, preferably with a background in both large industrial manufacturing and startup environments
- Strong understanding of quality management systems, supplier quality management, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Proficiency in quality tools such as FMEA, SPC, DOE, and Lean Six Sigma
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead root cause analysis and drive corrective actions
- Highly adaptable and proactive, with a strong focus on delivering results
- Detail-oriented with a commitment to maintaining high standards of quality
- Innovative mindset with a passion for improving processes and driving efficiency
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, capable of managing relationships and negotiating with external partners and internal stakeholders
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment
- Passion for combating the plastic pollution crisis
What the job involves
- Join Shellworks as a Quality Engineer and help us materialise a better future by eliminating plastic pollution
- Design, implement and own a scalable Quality Management System (QMS) tailored to a startup environment, ensuring it supports rapid growth and flexibility and is delivered to the appropriate cost, quality and timing
- Implement and oversee quality control processes at partner facilities, including incoming material inspections, in-process checks, AQLs, and supplier audits (requires travel across UK, Europe and ROW)
- Be the first point of contact and lead root cause analysis for any quality issues or non-conformances identified, working closely with production partners to implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and ensure that all quality issues are resolved promptly and that lessons learned are applied to prevent recurrence
- Define, design and implement test methods and appropriate controls across the value chain to ensure products continue to delight our customers
- Work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment with a talented and passionate team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Single-use plastic has become an overwhelming environmental problem. Hundreds of millions of metric tonnes of plastic are produced every year, and the vast majority of this is not recycled. Shellworks is setting out to provide a solution by using bacteria found in soil and marine environments to create alternative compostable vegan packaging, which performs like plastic until it is disposed of.
The company is currently focused on addressing the beauty and personal care industry. It's new material, Vivomer, can be broken down in any natural environment and can be used for products like cream containers, lipstick applicators, and serum dispensers. This has attracted conscious and luxury brands, including BYBI, Liha, and Sana Jardin.
Having raised fresh backing in 2024 from Sie Ventures, Shellworks is focused on expanding its teams, as well as investing in tech innovation and expanding its platform of materials.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2026
$15m
SERIES A
May 2022
$6.6m
SEED
Total funding: $23.7m
Company benefits
- 🌴 21 days holiday + birthday off + 27-31st December, in addition to all statutory and public holidays
- 📚 Opportunities for growth and development as we expand and scale our impact
- 🥼Access to a fully kitted out on-site lab (incubators, autoclaves, bioreactors, etc.) and pilot line workshop (machine tools, injection moulder, extruders, blow moulders, etc.)
- 👍 Competitive salary and equity options
- 🎉 Regular social events and fully stocked office kitchen
- 🐚 Part of a tightly knit team aiming to make a meaningful social impact.
Company HQ
Fish Island, London, UK
Leadership
Insiya Jafferjee
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Engineer at Apple, Ford and Bose.
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