QC Employee – Operations

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Amsterdam, NLD
In-Office
Senior level
Hardware • Energy • Defense • Industrial
The Role
Performs quality control across incoming materials, production, testing, FAT, and final product release. Verifies specifications, records, traceability, labeling, and documentation; controls non-conforming materials and quarantines; supports NCRs, corrective actions, root-cause investigations, and ERP updates; and provides final QC sign-off before shipment. Collaborates with Warehouse, Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics, and suppliers to ensure technical products meet quality requirements.
Summary Generated by Built In

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

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.

Skills Required

  • MBO or technical vocational education, or equivalent practical experience
  • Five years of experience
  • Experience in quality control, production, warehouse, assembly, logistics, or technical manufacturing
  • Ability to read basic technical drawings, bills of materials, specifications, checklists, and test records
  • Accurate and structured documentation skills
  • Comfort working hands-on with technical products, parts, and assemblies
  • Ability to collaborate with Warehouse, Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Logistics
  • 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
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The Company
121 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Optics11 is an Amsterdam-based high-tech company that develops advanced fiber-optic sensing systems for harsh environments. Its ultra-sensitive, reliable, low-power solutions help operators detect early signs of malfunction and protect critical structures and infrastructure. The company supplies products worldwide for structural and condition monitoring, energy, rail, research and development, defense, and underwater-security applications, supporting data-driven decisions across global markets and challenging operational environments.

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