Position Title: Criminalist, will consider Senior Criminalist (DNA Position)
Agency/Company: California Department of Justice, Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory
Location: Richmond, CA
Listing closes on: 07/22/2026
About the position
Applications with two or more years of experience as a DNA Criminalist or Forensic Scientist may qualify to be hired as a Senior Criminalist. Such applicants should also sign up to take the Senior Criminalist examination. A passing score on this examination is one of the criteria for hiring at Senior Criminalist.
The link to the examination is here: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=4561
