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Research Technologist (Department of Biomedical Engineering) - #Staff

Part-time

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · HybridPart-time / Per Diem$16.1–26.9/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$16.1–26.9/hr
Location
Baltimore, MDHybrid
Role Type
Research
Schedule
Part-time / Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Research Technologist performs routine laboratory assays and experiments using established protocols, with instruction as needed. The role includes running tests, collecting project data, maintaining equipment and supplies, and training users in standard equipment operation and routine techniques. The position is in Biomedical Engineering research and requires a bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, or a related field, subject to the stated education and experience equivalency formula.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Laboratory ExperimentationLaboratory AssaysLaboratory TestingMeasurementProblem SolvingLaboratory Equipment OperationData CollectionLaboratory Equipment Maintenance

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Biology, Chemistry or Related Field

Full job description

We are seeking a Research Technologist who will perform laboratory tasks and completes routine assays following common or established protocols and procedures.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • Perform clinical and/or research laboratory experiments by following common protocols or with instruction.

  • Use basic science knowledge to learn techniques/methods of the lab.

  • Gain problem solving skills through progressive training, understanding of the research, and experience.

  • Run lab tests and complete measurements.

  • Identify and resolve common problems involved in routine assays.

  • Increase skill base and knowledge of lab research and relevant assays.

  • Train users in standard equipment operation and routine lab techniques and procedures.

  • Set-up experiments based on defined standards.

  • Collect project data.

  • Prepare, test, and maintain standard laboratory equipment.

  • Perform related laboratory maintenance, monitoring inventory of supplies, cleaning equipment.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field

  • Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Research Technologist

Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC

Starting Salary Range: $16.10 - $26.90 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Casual / On Call

Schedule: M-F/20hrs

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus

Department name: Biomedical Engineering - Research

Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,153 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$16.1–26.9/hr
  • Maryland median$16–26/hr23 hourly ranges
  • US median$22–26/hr1,036 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $21.50/hr, is close to the Maryland median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 42 open Laboratory Technician jobs in Maryland and 2,153 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (884 postings).
Education
287 of the 2,153 open Laboratory Technician jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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