Employment Opportunities

Research Scientist 2 (Biology) Quality Assurance Specialist Vacancy ID 204815
Applications due 12/29/25
Under the direction of the Clinical Laboratory Director, the Research Scientist 2 will serve as the Quality Assurance Specialist for the Wadsworth Center clinical laboratories that perform clinical testing at three different locations across the Capital District. The Quality Assurance Specialist oversees and maintains responsibility for developing, implementing, and maintaining Quality Assurance for the Wadsworth Center. In addition, they will conduct internal audits, document control, corrective and preventative action tracking, and regulatory readiness. The Quality Assurance Specialist provides centralized coordination and oversight of quality systems across all Wadsworth Center laboratories.

Senior Laboratory Technician  Advanced Genomic Technologies Cluster (AGTC) JR-0001919
Applications due 12/24/25
The Senior Laboratory Technician will assist with performing public health DNA sequencing in the Advanced Genomic Technologies Cluster (AGTC).  The incumbent will maintain and operate laboratory equipment, prepare orders for supplies and reagents, and learn new methods and automated technologies to continually improve sequencing services. The incumbent will perform other appropriate related duties.

This position will be part of a dynamic team serving the Wadsworth Center’s mission in the New York State Department of Health’s efforts to protect and promote the health of New York’s citizens. Come be a part of Science in the Pursuit of Health®!

Research Scientist 5 (Analytical Chemistry) Vacancy ID 201294
 

Applications due 1/3/26
 

The Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, is seeking an outstanding research scientist at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to establish a competitive, extramurally funded, research program in the general area of Environmental Health Sciences.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent research program and lead a public health laboratory focused on organic environmental testing. The independent research program may be at the intersection of mass spectrometry, organic analytical chemistry, environmental toxicology, and public health, and should complement existing strengths within the Center. The successful applicant will join an interactive group of research scientists, which will expand the Center’s existing world-class program in environmental health sciences. Research interests may include, but are not limited to: emerging organic contaminants; microplastics/nanoparticles; novel mass spectrometry applications; and cheminformatics.

The successful applicant will receive a start-up package and access to state-of-the-art instrumentation, including Gas Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS/MS), Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) (Orbitrap).

Hourly Research Scientist Organic Analytical Chemistry JR-0001918
Applications due 12/16/25
Health Research, Inc. is seeking an Hourly Research Scientist. This position offers a stimulating professional growth opportunity at the interface of microbiome science, metabolomics, toxicology, and human health. The Research Scientist will assist with establishing and maintaining bioinformatics for metabolomics data processing and metabolite identification in support of human population studies, contribute to developing and validating computational workflows, perform multivariate and statistical analyses, and contribute to the integration and interpretation of large-scale metabolomics datasets. In addition, the incumbent may provide statistical and bioinformatics support, ensuring data quality control, maintaining proper documentation, and assisting in the preparation of standard operating procedures for computational workflows. The incumbent will be responsible for managing specimens and conducting laboratory experiments.

This position will be part of a dynamic team serving the Wadsworth Center’s mission in the New York State Department of Health’s efforts to protect and promote the health of New York’s citizens. Come be a part of Science in the Pursuit of Health®!

Health Program Administrator JR-0001928
Applications due 12/29/26
The Health Program Administrator will assist in the coordination of administrative duties related to laboratory practices integral to the Division of Infectious Diseases' ability to provide effective and flexible response to public health needs to provide the necessary administrative support during current and future emergency biothreat events, disease outbreaks, pandemics, and surge testing events. Duties will include but are not limited to: assisting in the coordination or facilitation of personnel transactions for surge hiring; contributing toward the development and implementation of grant applications for outbreak procurements to ensure sufficient inventory for emergency response; maintain detailed tracking and reporting of emergency purchasing activities to ensure appropriate expenditures; preparing grant related budget summaries and performing other appropriate grant related duties; assisting with developing and monitoring subcontracts.

Principal Software Engineer/Developer JR-0001909
Applications due 12/22/25
Innovative, multidisciplinary research. Complex diagnostics and novel detection methods. High-tech instrumentation and state-of-the-art laboratory services. All are components of the scientific community that is the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health.

Health Research, Inc. is currently seeking a Principal Software Engineer/Developer to join a dynamic team serving the information technology needs within the Wadsworth Center.  This position will manage and oversee technical architecture for development of applications that support the needs of laboratory users which includes providing technical expertise, guidance and visioning the design of complex critical public health applications.  Specific duties will include: providing technical leadership in design; mentoring the development team on all topics of technical design development and construction; define the architecture, infrastructure, system layout, technology stack and frameworks for Wadsworth applications; understand the intrinsic dependencies of proposed solutions and ensuring performance, scalability, testability, and extensibility of design; mitigating risks with chosen technical approaches and maintain a broad evolving knowledge of information technology solutions.  This position will act as a change agent, envisioning new technology application and implementing processes to promote developer adoption, as well as ensuring technical coherence of all aspects of the application development lifecycle with ultimate responsibility for the overall technical quality.   Supervision of staff.

This position will be part of a dynamic team serving the Wadsworth Center’s mission in the New York State Department of Health’s efforts to protect and promote the health of New York’s citizens. Come be a part of Science in the Pursuit of Health®!