Laboratory Scientist, Metrology

LMSI dba Lighthouse Lab Services • Carrollton, TX

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Lighthouse Lab Services is hiring a Laboratory Scientist to join its Metrology Specialists at the Carrollton, Texas headquarters. The role creates reagent components—including standards, controls, and proficiency testing materials—for client laboratories. The team calibrates, tests, and analyzes material performance to confirm precision, performance, and accuracy. The position is onsite Monday through Friday during normal business hours.

The Laboratory Scientist prepares LCMS validation materials, stocks, calibrators, quality controls, internal standards, and custom recipes and mixes. The role also manufactures validation materials and controls for molecular and infectious disease panels, performs lot-to-lot reagent verification, prepares certificates of analysis, extracts RNA/DNA using automated methods, and maintains laboratory quality and product documentation. Additional work includes equipment maintenance and calibration, supply and shipment coordination, inventory and lot tracking, collaboration with Quality and DA/DR teams, and participating in training others.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, Medical Laboratory Sciences, or another closely related scientific discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience within a clinical laboratory.
• Precision pipetting skills.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience creating reagents for toxicology testing is preferred but not required.
• Medical Technologist certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create LCMS validation materials, including sample comparison, matrix effects, and interference study materials.
• Create stocks, calibrators, and QC materials used on the LCMS.
• Create internal standards and specialty/custom recipes and mixes for calibrators, QC, ISTD, and stocks.
• Manufacture validation materials and controls for molecular and infectious disease panels.
• Maintain laboratory quality documents.
• Run lot-to-lot verification on new reagent lots.
• Create a certificate of analysis (COA) for each lot of controls.
• Create custom ALT PT samples.
• Maintain and calibrate equipment.
• Extract RNA/DNA using automated methods.
• Order laboratory supplies and handle shipments of standards from the lab.
• Collaborate with Quality and DA/DR teams to ensure standards are passing.
• Track stock-material lots and maintain records of standards and assay materials.
• Update internal recipes, COAs, and product inserts.
• File recipes, quality documents, packing slips, and COAs for standards and assay materials.
• Ship standards and assays.
• Participate in instructing and training others.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental benefits starting Day 1.
• 15 days of personal paid time off.
• 10 paid holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching: 100% of contributions up to 3% of annual salary, then 50% of contributions for the next 2%, for up to a 4% match.
• Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid Volunteer Time Off.
• Partially paid medical leave and paid parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level