Careers at Gold Standard Analytics
Gold Standard Analytics is a small laboratory in Houston with over ten people, an Agilent LC-MS/MS, HPLC and ICP-MS bench, a sterility suite and a public record of every result it has signed. We hire analysts who want their name on work that anyone can check.
Open roles
Analytical chemist, LC-MS/MS and HPLC
Run peptide identity and purity, SARMs potency, kratom and hemp panels on the Agilent 6490 and 1290 stack. Prepare samples under blind codes, integrate and review chromatograms, and second-check another analyst's work before anything reaches a certificate.
BS or MS in chemistry or a related field; two or more years on LC-MS/MS or HPLC in a regulated or accredited laboratory; comfortable writing in an SOP and being audited against it.
ICP-MS analyst
Closed-vessel digestion and ICP-MS analysis of botanicals, supplements, peptides and water on the Agilent 7850. Maintain the metals calibration program and the interference checks it depends on.
Experience with ICP-MS or ICP-OES, microwave digestion and trace-metal contamination control. USP <232>/<233> or EPA 200.8 experience is a strong plus.
Microbiologist, sterility and endotoxin
USP <71> sterility by closed-system membrane filtration, USP <85> endotoxin on Endosafe nexgen-PTS, USP <61>/<62> and botanical microbiology. Own media growth promotion, environmental monitoring and the sterility suite's cleaning records.
Degree in microbiology or biology; aseptic technique in a class II cabinet; experience with compendial microbiology in pharma, compounding or food.
Intake and custody technician
Open every package on camera, photograph containers, assign blind codes, manage the 90-day retained-sample store and the three-year footage archive, and keep the accession record clean. The chain of custody starts and ends with this role.
Careful, consistent and unhurried. Prior laboratory, pharmacy, evidence-handling or quality work helps; we train the rest.
Quality specialist
Maintain SOPs, calibration schedules, deviation and CAPA records, consumable lot traceability and the public quality records. Prepare the laboratory for ISO/IEC 17025 assessment.
Experience running or auditing a 17025, GLP or cGMP quality system. Separate from the bench by design.
No role that fits? Send a CV to team@goldstandardanalytics.com with the instruments you have run. We keep applications twelve months.
What the work is like
Every result is public
Certificates are searchable by accession number and failures publish the same day as passes. The work you sign is checkable by anyone, which is the point.
Blind codes on the bench
Analysts never see the client or vendor name. Nobody can ask you to find a better number, and nobody can accuse you of trying.
Instruments bought new, serviced by the maker
Agilent and Charles River systems installed and qualified by their engineers, on OEM consumables. Training on them is part of the job.
Written down, then followed
The SOP is the method. Deviations are recorded and investigated, not argued about. You will be audited against the document, and you can propose changes to it.
Small team, whole process
Over ten people. You will see a sample from carrier scan to signed certificate, and you will talk to the clients who ask about your method.
Houston, in person
One laboratory at 5151 Mitchelldale St A10 STE B. Bench roles are on site; quality can be hybrid. Standard hours with a rotation for the fourteen-day sterility reads.
How we hire
Four steps, usually inside three weeks. We tell you where you stand after each one.
- 1Send a CV and a note on the instruments you have run. We reply within five business days.
- 2A 30-minute call with the Chief Scientist about the role and your method experience.
- 3A half day at the bench: a practical on the relevant instrument and a written SOP exercise, paid.
- 4Reference checks and an offer in writing, with the training plan for your first 90 days.
Gold Standard Analytics LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, Texas or Houston law. Laboratory roles require the ability to work with chemical reagents and biological materials under the written safety program; reasonable accommodations are provided on request to team@goldstandardanalytics.com.
Tour the laboratory before you apply
Candidates can tour the laboratory by appointment. Email with two dates that work and the role you are interested in.