Laboratory Informatics · Cross-Practice
Permanent-placement recruiting for LIMS development and administration, implementation and validation, LIS and HL7 interfaces, instrument integration, and laboratory automation. We recruit the professionals and leaders whose platform experience and regulated-environment fluency separate a successful long-term hire from a stalled project.
25 years recruiting inside CLIA laboratories, diagnostics manufacturers, and GxP environments — the organizations that run these systems every day.
Each of these environments runs its systems differently. The platform, the regulatory burden, and the integration surface all change.
LIS analysts, interface engineers, and automation specialists for reference labs, specialty testing organizations, and hospital laboratories. These roles sit close to operations — they touch specimen workflow, instrument middleware, HL7 result routing, and the reporting that clinicians depend on.
CLIA Lab Recruiting →Software engineers, integration engineers, and informatics specialists building the data layer around diagnostic platforms — instrument connectivity, middleware, result interpretation, and the LIS interfaces customers require before they will buy the instrument.
IVD Recruiting →LIMS administrators, validation engineers, and CSV/CSA specialists supporting regulated laboratory systems and digital quality programs.
CDMO/CMO Recruiting →Laboratory software engineers, automation engineers, and technical leaders at instrument, diagnostics, and life science tools companies.
Life Science Tools Recruiting →Scientific informatics professionals for discovery, translational, and biobanking environments — ELN and LIMS configuration, sample and data management, pipeline integration, and the workflow optimization work that follows a platform rollout.
Diagnostics Recruiting →Permanent and direct-hire professionals — from hands-on configuration through program leadership.
LIMS Developer · LIMS Administrator · LIMS Configuration Analyst · LIMS Business Analyst · LIMS Support Analyst · Application Administrator · Basic/LIMS Basic Developer · Report Developer
LIMS Implementation Lead · Solution Architect · Technical Project Manager · Data Migration Specialist · Upgrade Lead · Systems Integration Lead · Workflow / Process Optimization Analyst
Interface Engineer · HL7 Integration Engineer · LIS Analyst · Middleware Specialist · Instrument Connectivity Engineer · Interface Analyst (Rhapsody, Mirth, Cloverleaf) · EMR/LIS Integration Lead
CSV Engineer · Computer System Validation Specialist · CSA Practitioner · Validation Lead · 21 CFR Part 11 Specialist · Quality Systems Analyst · IQ/OQ/PQ Author · Data Integrity Specialist
Laboratory Automation Engineer · Automation Scientist · Robotics Engineer · Liquid Handling Specialist · Scheduling Software Engineer · Total Lab Automation Specialist · Automation Applications Engineer
Scientific Informatics Manager · Laboratory Software Engineer · ELN Specialist · Bioinformatics Engineer · Data Architect · Director of Laboratory Informatics · Head of Digital Laboratory
Laboratory informatics sits between IT, the bench, and quality. Very few candidates are credible in all three, and generalist technology recruiters cannot tell the difference.
Platform experience is not interchangeable.
LabWare, STARLIMS, LabVantage, SampleManager, and the vendor-specific platforms around them each have their own configuration model, scripting language, and upgrade behavior. A ten-year LabWare developer is not a drop-in STARLIMS resource, and a job description that says only "LIMS" will surface candidates who cannot do the work.
We screen to the platform, the version, and the specific module before we send anyone.
In regulated environments, implementation work is validation work.
A consultant who has configured a LIMS but never written a validation protocol, never worked under change control, and never faced an audit will slow a GxP project down rather than move it. CSV and CSA experience, 21 CFR Part 11 fluency, and data integrity discipline are screening criteria, not nice-to-haves.
For QC and manufacturing laboratories, this is usually the single biggest predictor of whether a hire works out.
Interface and integration engineers are a separate talent pool again. HL7 messaging, ASTM instrument protocols, middleware platforms, and LIS-to-EMR routing require someone who can read a spec and also stand in a lab at 6am when results stop flowing. Strong interface engineers are usually found inside laboratories and diagnostics vendors, not on general software job boards.
That is the network we have spent 25 years building.
Laboratory automation and robotics candidates sit between engineering and science. Liquid handling, scheduling software, track systems, and total lab automation demand someone who understands both the mechanics and the assay running on them.
Industrial automation engineers rarely translate cleanly. Bench scientists rarely have the software depth. The candidates who bridge both are a small, well-networked group.
Many LIMS initiatives begin as projects, but the knowledge, governance, and system ownership often remain long after go-live. We recruit permanent professionals who can lead implementations, upgrades, migrations, validation, administration, and continuous improvement while building lasting capability inside your organization.
Ongoing administration, support, integration ownership, and platform strategy require permanent employees who understand both the technology and the laboratory. We help clients define the right long-term role before beginning the search.
Generalist IT staffing firms treat these searches as ordinary application-development requisitions. They submit ERP developers for LIMS roles, integration engineers with no healthcare messaging background for HL7 work, and software testers for validation positions.
The submittals look reasonable on paper and fail in the technical screen. Knowing why is most of the job.
What the first two weeks look like when you bring us a LIMS or automation requirement.
ENGAGEMENT MODEL · PERMANENT & DIRECT-HIRE SEARCH
Scoping — We start with the platform and the version, not the job title. Which LIMS or LIS, which modules, which integrations, which regulatory framework the environment operates under, and whether the work is a defined project or an ongoing seat. That conversation usually reshapes the requisition. A request for a "LIMS developer" often turns out to be an integration engineer, a validation lead, or a configuration analyst — and the search changes completely depending on which.
Search — We source from operating laboratories, diagnostics and instrument vendors, and vendor implementation and partner teams rather than from open job-board applicants. Candidates are screened against the specific platform, module, integration surface, and regulatory context — including GxP, CLIA, and 21 CFR Part 11 — as well as their ability to own the work as a long-term member of the organization.
Submittal — You receive a short, qualified slate with a written summary of each candidate's platform depth, integration and validation experience, availability, and compensation expectations. If we do not believe we can fill the role, we say so early rather than sending volume. Search volume in this specialty is genuinely limited, and we would rather be useful once than busy repeatedly.
Common questions from employers hiring in laboratory informatics.
Yes. Connexis focuses this service on permanent and direct-hire recruiting for LIMS, LIS, laboratory automation, validation, integration, and informatics roles. We help define the position, identify professionals with the right platform and regulated-laboratory experience, and recruit candidates prepared to own the work long term.
LabWare, STARLIMS, LabVantage, and SampleManager most often, along with other commercial and in-house platforms, ELN systems, and the LIS products used in clinical laboratories. We screen to the platform and version rather than treating LIMS experience as generic, because configuration models and scripting environments differ enough that they are not interchangeable.
Yes. We recruit CSV and CSA practitioners, validation leads, and quality systems analysts for regulated laboratories, and we screen implementation and configuration candidates for validation experience rather than assuming it. For GxP and CLIA environments, regulatory fluency is usually the difference between a hire who accelerates the project and one who becomes an audit finding.
All three. A meaningful share of LIMS development, configuration, and validation work can be performed remotely, while instrument integration, automation, and go-live support usually require time onsite. Telling us the split up front materially widens or narrows the candidate pool, so we ask about it early rather than at offer stage.
Laboratory informatics roles sit alongside these practices. Many searches touch more than one.
Clinical Labs
Lab operations, automation, LIS, revenue cycle, and executive search for reference and hospital laboratories.
Explore →Life Sciences
Commercial, technical, and operational talent across tools, reagents, biotech, CRO, and CDMO organizations.
Explore →Diagnostics
Specialized recruiting across CLIA labs, IVD manufacturers, molecular diagnostics, pathology, and point-of-care.
Explore →Describe the platform, the project, and the timeline. We will tell you quickly whether we can help — and if we cannot, we will say so.
