Sign-on Bonus $5,000

LabCorp Drug Development provides dedicated and fully comprehensive laboratory testing and drug development services to the pharmaceutical industry. We strive to make a difference to people's everyday lives by bringing essential medicines to the market.

First Shift

Benefits: All job offers will be based on a candidate's skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data. Regular, full-time or part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(K), ESPP, Paid time off (PTO) or Flexible time off (FTO), Commissions, and Company bonus where applicable. For more detailed information, please click here.

• BS or MS degree in Life Sciences, Medical Technology or Clinical Laboratory Science OR Associate's degree in medical laboratory technology
• A minimum of 2 years hands-on experience with NGS technologies and practices including but not limited to Nucleic Acid isolation and manipulation, library preparation, QC, and NGS platform operations (MiSeq, NextSeq, NovaSeq preferred).
• Knowledge of clinical laboratory automation platforms is a plus.
• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot, resolve and report results and findings (informatics experience is not required but is a plus).
• Ability to support method development and improvement.
• Effective communication skills with technical staff, business development staff and peers.
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
• Individual must qualify as testing personnel under the following CLIA 1988 and New York State Department of Health requirements.

• Performs assigned clinical laboratory testing accurately and in a timely manner.
• Prepares workstation and instrumentation for the assigned testing.
• Operates instruments to implement and perform testing in accordance with established written procedures.
• Performs routine testing and calculations as required.
• Resolves routine and non-routine assay problems.
• Provides technical training/consultation for other operational staff.
• Ensures the validity of test results through the performance of established quality assurance and quality control procedures.
• Performs experiments, as scheduled.
• Documents quality control results. Interprets quality control results and accurately documents biases, warnings, and violations of control rules.
• Documents corrective action for unusual occurrences (e.g. QC violations, instrument related problems).
• Ensures maintenance of instruments and equipment is performed according to manufacturer and SOP requirements.
• Calibrates instruments, equipment, and/or assays as required and documents.
• Performs instrument and equipment troubleshooting.
• Notifies laboratory management when an instrument or equipment does not meet specifications.
• Complies with regulatory guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at all times.