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Careers at USDTL
Build your career at USDTL alongside leading scientists, cutting-edge technology, and a mission to protect and enrich lives. Here, your ideas help shape the future of drug testing.
Why Work
at USDTL.
At USDTL, your work makes a real impact. Every day, our team supports critical decisions in healthcare, workplace safety, legal proceedings, and public trust by delivering accurate, reliable results. Our core values are integrity, collaboration, innovation, leadership, true urgency and quality. We invest in our people through meaningful work, professional growth opportunities, and a supportive culture where expertise is respected and contributions matter.
Work Alongside Industry-Leading Scientists
Collaborate with some of the most respected experts in toxicology and analytical science while working with state-of-the-art laboratory technology. At USDTL, you’ll be immersed in an environment where scientific rigor, innovation, and excellence set the standard every day.
Make an Impact That Matters
Grow, Innovate, and Shape the Future
USDTL fosters a true growth mindset. Team members are encouraged to contribute ideas, improve processes, and actively participate in advancing the science of drug testing. Here, your curiosity and initiative help shape the future of our field.
Why Work for USDTL?
USDTL is a private equity‑backed leader in the growing field of toxicology testing. We foster a collaborative, professional work environment grounded in teamwork, open communication, and positive reinforcement. Our mission is to Protect and Enrich Lives, with a specialized focus on toxicology testing for drug‑ and alcohol‑exposed newborns and other at‑risk populations where results may significantly impact life outcomes. USDTL serves hospitals, child protection agencies, the Department of Defense, legal services, and businesses nationwide, and is recognized as the laboratory of choice for umbilical cord testing, fingernail and hair testing, and long‑term alcohol biomarker detection. Our commitment to innovation and research has driven meaningful advancements in the industry, enabling early intervention that benefits children, families, and communities
Customer responsiveness is essential to our work, and USDTL operates 24/7. As an employee‑focused organization, accessibility and collaboration are priorities. USDTL is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks passionate individuals who share our mission to Protect and Enrich Lives..
Benefits Overview
Culture & Community
We believe a great workplace is built on strong relationships. Because we spend so much of our time together, we strive to create a fun, engaging environment where employees feel connected and valued.
Inclusion & Employee Engagement
Our employees help shape our culture through meaningful events. From Employee Appreciation Week to a summer celebration, a festive fall party, and an offsite holiday party. We embrace diversity and shared experiences.
Benefits & Time Off
USDTL offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, life, and short-term disability insurance, a 401(k) program, paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation.
Newborn Toxicology
USDTL is the leader in newborn toxicology and it is the area of forensic toxicology that USDTL was founded upon. We were the first laboratory to offer a forensically defensible drug test panel using meconium to identify drug exposed newborns. Working with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we also developed and launched the first test to identify newborns exposed to alcohol using meconium. We also developed and were the first to offer a forensically defensible test for drugs of abuse using umbilical cord tissue. Both specimen tests, meconium and umbilical cord tissue, are considered the most advanced form of newborn drug and alcohol screening.
Hair Toxicology
USDTL is also seen as the premier hair testing laboratory in the United States. We have the widest breadth of testing profiles in hair of any other laboratory in the country. Most other hair testing laboratories are only able to offer 5 to 7 drug test panels. USDTL offers 17 drug panels in hair with a number of add-on tests available, allowing us to test for many different drugs not available at other labs. Additionally, our assay for the marijuana metabolite in hair is the most sensitive test of any laboratory in the world.
Direct Alcohol Biomarkers
Contributing to the Scientific Community
USDTL has a rich tradition of contributing to, and encouraging participation in, the scientific community. We are very proud to have team members that have authored many publications in the scientific literature. Our work has been featured in hundreds of publications by researchers in dozens of universities across the United States and around the globe.
Additionally, USDTL team members have served in a variety of positions in local, regional, and national professional scientific societies such as the Chicago Chromatography Discussion Group (CCDG), Midwest Association of Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (MATT), the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SoFT), and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS).
Career Development / Continuing Education
USDTL takes the development of our team members very seriously. We have a tuition reimbursement plan that has been a great benefit for many of our employees, as well as a generous policy towards assisting team members with membership in professional societies pertinent to their job function.
Continuing education includes many onsite and offsite opportunities. USDTL routinely sponsors team members to attend professional society conferences that complement their job function.
Work Life & Benefits
We understand that we spend more waking hours with our work colleagues than with our own family members. Therefore, USDTL endeavors to make our organization a fun and engaging place to work. We hold a monthly celebration to recognize birthdays, promotions, new hires, award winners, and to promote items of general interest to the staff. A team of USDTL volunteers organizes an over the top Employee Appreciation Week each April, a summer picnic, a fall celebration of our employees’ diverse cultures where we share foods from around the world, and an offsite holiday party.
USDTL offers full-time employees a wide range of benefits including medical, dental, life, vision, and short-term disability insurance, as well as a 401(k) program, paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation.
