Lead Specialist – Validation Team

We have three open positions (50-100%) in Light Microscopy Metadata, Quality Control, and Community Management. These roles support the development of sustainable standards, tools, and community structures for light microscopy, improving research data quality, reducing avoidable experiments due to poor instrument performance, and helping researchers and facilities keep their systems in top shape. By strengthening metadata standards, validation practices, and community coordination, the project contributes directly to ecological and resource sustainability in microscopy.

Jobdescription • Lead Specialist – Validation Team
Found and coordinate the QUAREP-LiMi Validation Team; develop validation studies and SOPs for QC and impact studies of quality control procedures, support dissemination of QA & QC methods; prepare standardized samples and QC kits; connect method developers, users, and manufacturers; and help maintain the community QC data repository.

Knowledge and skills advantageous for the position:
– Background in microscopy, imaging workflows, or light-microscopy metadata.
– Experience in computer science, IT, or data management, especially working with standards, ontologies, or GitHub-based workflows.
– Knowledge of quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) in microscopy, including validation studies, SOP development, or standardized sample preparation.
– Experience in macro/script programming, databases (Excel, Python, e.g.) or JSON, LinkML
– Familiarity with community coordination, collaborative projects, or managing scientific working groups.
– Experience with scientific communication, documentation, and outreach within international communities.
– Openness to working in a multinational network, ideally with experience engaging academia, industry, and standardization bodies.
– Strong communication skills in English (written and spoken).

** How to apply **
If any of these roles spark your interest, you are warmly invited to get in touch.
Please send your application, including supporting documents (CV, motivation letter, references, certificates and anything else which might help our decision) by 15. January 2026 at the latest, using the following form: https://gerbi-gmb.de/machform/view.php?id=94894 
 
In case of questions, reach out to us via the following e-mail address: position@quarep.org (redirected to Roland Nitschke, Hella Hartmann, Janina Hanne).

Subject to personal qualification, employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L / TVöD.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Comments
Full-time positions may generally be split up into two or more part-time positions, provided that there are no formal or legal barriers. Applicants with severe disabilities (Schwerbehinderte Menschen) will be given preferential consideration in case of equal qualification. We will be particularly pleased to receive applications from women for the positions advertised here.