Process Engineer

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. Osmo is headquartered in New York, NY, with a new facility in New Jersey, and offices in Somerville, MA.

to join our engineering & automation team. In this role, you’ll support our mission to democratize scent by helping translate our manufacturing goals into reliable processes, systems, and workflows that scale. You’ll work across equipment, systems, and plant operations to ensure our production environment runs smoothly, accurately, and consistently. You’ll play a key role in building the structure, consistency and continuous improvement mindset needed for a high-growth automated manufacturing environment.

This position is 5 days onsite in Elizabeth, NJ
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• Own day-to-day process support for manufacturing, ensuring batches flow correctly through systems, equipment, and plant.
• Translate changes in MES configurations, work instructions, SOP updates, and physical workflow changes.
• Develop and improve process controls to reduce errors, improve throughput, and increase repeatability.
• Support scale-up initiatives, capacity expansion planning, and new product/ingredient onboarding.

• Maintain and configure MES to reflect accurate recipes, routing, work instructions, and production logic.
• Partner with IT, software, and Engineering team to validate data and ensure system builds match real-world operations.
• Build and maintain reports, views, dashboards, and KPIs using MES and ERP data.
• Troubleshoot process deviations and system errors, updating logic to prevent recurrences.

• Learn operation, calibration, and maintenance of automated dosing robot.
• Support maintenance of the dosing robot, including syringe management, troubleshooting, error recovery, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Develop best practices, preventative maintenance program and spare parts database.
• Assist with scaling robot usage and integrating new materials.

• Create, update, and maintain SOPs, work instructions, and process maps.
• Standardize workflows reduce variability, and ensure training.
• Document system and equipment changes with clear traceability.

• Execute cross-functional projects that improve throughput, safety, quality, or automation.
• Lead process improvement initiatives.
• Conduct root cause analyses for process or system failures and implement corrective actions.
• Support new equipment installations, validations, and capability assessments.
• Help organize production spaces for efficiency.
• Partner with Production, Quality, and Engineering to implement changes pertaining to

• Background in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years experience in manufacturing, process engineering, or production systems support (automation experience a plus).
• Experience with MES systems, manufacturing workflows, or digital production tools.
• Strong mechanical and technical aptitude; ability to learn;
  Decision maker.
• Data-driven mindset with ability to analyze process data and propose improvements.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Comfort in a hands-on manufacturing environment (equipment, troubleshooting, process observation).
• Experience with PLCs, HMIs, or automation systems is a plus but not required.
• Familiarity with ERP tools (Net Suite), SQL, Python, or scripting is beneficial.

$90,000-$120,000

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