Working Student – Quality Control & Quality Assurance (all genders)

This role sits within Edeneve, our botanical skincare brand built within the Sunday Natural and Yoshi en ecosystem. Edeneve stands for performance-driven, clean skincare formulated with premium botanical ingredients, scientific integrity, and strict transparency.

As a Working Student in Quality Control (QC) & Quality Assurance (QA), you will directly support our Quality Manager in day-to-day operations. You will gain hands-on exposure to how product quality is maintained and verified in a modern natural cosmetics brand: incoming material checks, batch documentation, external laboratory test tracking, and GMP-compliant record management. This is a supporting role (formal batch release decisions, investigations, and CPNP/PIF regulatory filings remain with the Quality Manager).

• Incoming QC: Support incoming inspections for raw materials and packaging (preparing samples, cross-checking supplier Certificates of Analysis against specifications, and reporting discrepancies).

• Batch Record Review: Assist in preparing and pre-reviewing batch production records, in-process control data, and finished-product test reports prior to final manager release.

• External Lab Coordination: Coordinate logistics and communication with external testing labs for microbiological assays, stability studies, and challenge testing (sample shipments, test scheduling, result tracking).

• Stability Studies: Track stability timepoints and organize test data into structured overviews for evaluation.

• Deviations & CAPA: Assist with out-of-specification (OOS) documentation, maintaining the CAPA tracker, and following up on corrective actions.

• Customer Complaint Tracking: Log quality-related complaints, update complaint logs, and support root-cause investigations alongside Customer Service.

• SOPs & Documentation: Help draft, format, and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), working instructions, and quality templates under guidance.

• Document Control (ISO 22716): Maintain GMP-compliant document control, versioning, and secure archiving of quality records.

• Audit Preparation: Help compile and organize documentation for internal audits, external inspections, and certification reviews.

• Supplier & Material Qualification: Collect and review quality documentation for new raw materials and suppliers (specifications, CoAs, organic certifications) in cooperation with Sourcing and R&D.

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Chemistry, Cosmetic Science, Biology, Pharmacy, Food Science, or a related natural science field.

• Initial exposure to laboratory workflows, GMP standards, or quality management through your coursework, labs, or internships (prior professional QC/QA experience is not required).

• Genuine curiosity and passion for botanical skincare and the processes behind ensuring safety and product integrity.

• High attention to detail, strong organizational habits, and confidence working with spreadsheets (Excel / Google Sheets).

• Proactive and transparent mindset: you speak up early, ask clarifying questions, and address inconsistencies.

• Reliable, self-driven team player comfortable taking ownership of designated tasks in an agile startup setting.

• Availability for at least 6 months, ideally with regular on-site presence in Berlin.

• Fluent in English and good German skills; Spanish is a plus.

• Practical Cosmetics GMP Exposure: Real-world insight into QA/QC processes across the lifecycle of clean skincare products.

• Product Discounts: Substantial employee discounts across our entire Edeneve and Yoshi en product range.

• Paid Time Off: 28 days of paid annual vacation plus up to 5 additional company off-days between Christmas and New Year.

• Mobility & Health: Subsidy for Urban Sports Club and a monthly BVG public transportation allowance.

• Corporate Perks: Access to our employee benefits platform with discounts on tech, travel, and lifestyle brands.

• Community & Events: Traditional tea tastings, regular team lunches, summer celebrations, and holiday parties.

• Inspiring Work Environment: Based at Grasblau in Berlin — an open, sustainable workspace featuring quiet focus booths, collaborative areas, and complimentary organic teas and superfoods.