Lab Technician for Congenital Diseases at the Statens Serum Institut

We are seeking a skilled laboratory technician who has experience with molecular biological analyses, including PCR, NGS, genotyping and immunoassays, and who with meticulousness and professional commitment will contribute to the daily operations and the further development of newborn screening in the Department of Inborn Diseases at the Statens Serum Institut.

Your duties

• To perform Real-time PCR and genotyping analyses
• To perform array genotyping with Illumina equipment, incl. QC
• To perform NGS analyses
• To perform analyses with immunoassays
• To participate in development projects to improve and expand newborn screening
• To register and quality-assess samples in daily operations as well as from the neonatal screening biobank

We envision that you

• Are trained as a laboratory technician
• Have substantial experience with DNA extraction from dried blood spot samples
• Have substantial experience with array genotyping using Illumina equipment
• Have substantial experience with NGS
• Have substantial experience with immunoassay
• Are meticulous and have a good overview as well as experience working in a clinical laboratory

As a person we see you as approachable, positive and wishing to contribute to a good working environment in the laboratory, where we are jointly carrying out important societal tasks.

Your upcoming team

The department consists of about 40 employees. The primary tasks will lie in screening of newborns, where the dried blood samples are analysed by mass spectrometry, immunoassays, real-time PCR and NGS. In addition to operational tasks you will also be part of the department's research activities, in the form of various genetic analyses on dried blood spot samples.

We offer

Societally beneficial tasks in a recognized company with high professionalism and an active research environment. You will have extensive contact surfaces and engaged colleagues. We are a flexible and family-friendly workplace with a 37-hour work week including lunch break. We place a high value on skills development. We are centrally located in Copenhagen and have free parking on site.

At SSI we have an active staff and sports association (IK-SERA) with group training and exercise facilities, Friday bar and various social events – and our Campus even includes tennis courts and its own children's facility. SSI is centrally located in Copenhagen with green areas and good public transport options (bus and metro) and has free parking on site.

Salary and terms of employment

You will be employed under the applicable joint agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees’ Organizations (OAO joint agreement) and the organizational agreement between the Ministry of Finance and HK/Stat for office clerks, laboratory technicians and IT staff (HK), cf. the agreement provisions regarding laboratory technicians.

There will be Saturday work every 4th Saturday.

Start date is 01-01-2027.

Are you interested?

Send us your application and CV no later than 06-11-2026. For further information contact Marie Bækvad-Hansen at telephone 3268 9054. We expect to conduct recruitment interviews in weeks 46-47.

We look forward to hearing from you.