QC Employee - Operations

Optics11 Life; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Team events

Fresh team lunches

Job summary

Optics11 Life is hiring a QC Employee – Operations to ensure quality control across incoming goods, production, testing, FAT, and final release. You will work with Warehouse & Logistics, Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality to verify materials and assemblies meet specifications before advancing to the next stage or shipment.

This role supports inspections, maintains traceability, controls non-conformities, and ensures final QC sign-off for product releases after FAT, with strong

Qualifications

• Experience in quality control or manufacturing environments.
• Ability to read technical drawings, BOMs, and test records.
• Accurate and structured documentation skills.
• Hands-on with technical products and assemblies.
• Collaboration across Warehouse, Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Logistics.

Responsibilities

• Verify incoming goods quality and release accepted materials.
• Support production QC checks and review records and traceability.
• Ensure FAT and final release documentation is complete before shipment.
• Escalate non-conformances and support NCR creation.
• Maintain quality records for audits and customer delivery.

Skills

Quality control

Production

Warehouse

Logistics

Documentation

Education

MBO / technical vocational education

Tools

ERP systems

Barcode scanning

Job description

Job description

We are looking for a QC Employee – Operations to ensure that quality control is consistently applied across incoming goods, production, testing, FAT, and final release.

The role works closely with Warehouse & Logistics, Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality to verify that materials, assemblies, and finished products meet the required specifications before they move to the next process step or are released for shipment.

The QC Employee ensures that inspections are completed, quality records are accurate, traceability is maintained, non-conformities are controlled, and final release documentation is complete. This role acts as the operational quality gatekeeper from material receipt through production and final customer delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Incoming Goods Quality Verification:

• Ensure incoming inspection requirements are defined and followed.

• Verify that Warehouse / Logistics has completed receiving checks correctly.

• Check that received materials match purchase orders, drawings, BOMs, specifications, and delivery documents where required.

• Verify inspection records, labels, serial numbers, batch numbers, and traceability information.

• Release accepted materials for inventory or production use.

• Block or quarantine non-conforming materials where required.

• Support creation of NCRs for rejected or questionable materials.

Production Quality Control Support:

• Ensure production quality checks are in place for assemblies and project builds.

• Verify that Production has completed required checks and test steps.

• Review production records, assembly checklists, test results, serial numbers, and traceability.

• Check that products are built according to drawings, BOMs, work instructions, and quality requirements.

• Escalate issues where production records are incomplete, unclear, or not compliant.

• Support Production and Engineering in resolving quality issues.

FAT and Final Quality Sign-off:

• Verify that FAT/testing has been completed by Production or the responsible technical team.

• Review FAT results, inspection records, test reports, certificates, labels, serial numbers, and project documentation.

• Confirm that all required quality documents are complete before shipment.

• Ensure open issues, deviations, or NCRs are resolved or formally accepted before release.

• Provide final QC sign-off for product/project release after FAT.

• Ensure the product is released only when quality, documentation, and traceability requirements are met

Non-Conformance and Quarantine Control:

• Identify and report non-conforming materials, assemblies, or documentation gaps.

• Support NCR creation and follow-up.

• Ensure rejected or blocked materials are clearly labelled and physically controlled.

• Support root cause investigation with Production, Warehouse, Engineering, Procurement, or suppliers.

• Track corrective actions where needed.

Quality Records and Traceability:

• Maintain accurate quality records for incoming goods, production checks, FAT, and final release.

• Ensure correct serial numbers, batch numbers, project references, and product labels are recorded.

• Support ERP updates related to inspection status, release, rejection, or quarantine.

• Ensure quality records are available for customer delivery, audits, and internal review.

Why Join Us?

• Join one of Europe’s most promising deep-tech scale-ups

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Enjoy regular team activities and company events

• Fresh team lunches provided 3 times/ week

Job requirements

Required Background:

• MBO / technical vocational education or equivalent practical experience -5 Years of experience.

• Experience in quality control, production, warehouse, assembly, logistics, or technical manufacturing.

• Able to read basic technical drawings, BOMs, specifications, checklists, and test records.

• Accurate and structured with documentation.

• Comfortable working hands-on with technical products, parts, and assemblies.

• Able to work with Warehouse, Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Logistics.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with mechanical assemblies, junction boxes, enclosures, cables, connectors, fibre optic components, sensors, or technical equipment.

• Experience with incoming goods, production quality, FAT support, final inspection, release documentation, or NCR handling.

• Experience with ERP systems, barcode scanning, inspection forms, quality records, or traceability.

• Experience with underwater, marine, offshore, subsea, industrial, or harsh-environment products is a plus.