Quality Assurance Analyst Jobs in Illinois
Quality Assurance Analyst jobs in Illinois are consistently active, with strong demand pulling entry-level candidates through senior QA engineers into sectors including healthcare technology, financial services, manufacturing, and enterprise software. Chicago anchors most of the hiring, with additional concentration in the Naperville and Schaumburg corridors, where companies like Walgreens Boots Alliance, Motorola Solutions, and Allstate maintain large technology and operations teams. The most sought-after specialties in Illinois are automation testing, regulatory compliance QA for medtech and fintech, and agile-integrated quality engineering. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Hanger
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Chicago, Illinois
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DHL
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Monee, Illinois
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Home Health Quality Assurance RN
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Des Plaines, Illinois
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Elmhurst, Illinois
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Sr. Supervisor, Quality Assurance
Hanger·Chicago, Illinois
Job functions:
$90k - $100k/yr
Bachelor's degree in engineering
5,001-10,000 employees
Job Description
Why Us?:
#ERF-HRC
Coapt provides transformative technologies that improve quality of life for upper-limb prosthesis users. Based in industry-leading research in bionics and clinically-dedicated engineering, its cutting-edge technology gives prosthesis users more intuitive, natural and personal control to fit their lifestyles. Now a Hanger, Inc. company, Coapt continues to lead in innovation and excellence in the field.
Could This Be For You?:
The Senior Supervisor, Quality Assurance provides leadership and oversight to a Quality Assurance team for Fillauer Coapt, Point Designs, or another Hanger Products & Services entity, ensuring products and processes meet regulatory, customer, and organizational standards. This role develops and maintains quality system policies, procedures, and systems compliant with the regulatory requirements of the entity’s product lines, manages quality operations, leads root-cause investigations, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and supports compliance with internal and external audit requirements.
Your Impact:
- Provide day‑to‑day leadership, coaching, and performance management for the QA team, ensuring efficient workflow, adherence to standards, and continuous skill development.
- Oversee quality inspection, testing, and documentation processes to ensure products meet regulatory, customer, and company standards.
- Lead complex nonconformance investigations, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions that eliminate systemic issues.
- Review, approve, and maintain quality documentation such as inspection records, test results, deviations, change controls, and product release decisions.
- Coordinate and support internal audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections; ensure prompt and accurate responses to findings.
- Analyze quality performance metrics and trends, presenting insights and actionable recommendations to leadership.
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and production leadership to resolve quality issues and improve manufacturing processes.
- Ensure the proper implementation and maintenance of quality system requirements (ISO, FDA, or industry‑specific standards).
- Lead or support validation activities, including equipment qualification, process validation, and documentation updates.
- Promote a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Support strategic initiatives related to quality planning, staffing needs, system improvements, and cross‑functional project execution.
- Identify trends in scrap, rework, and process deviations; recommend improvements to enhance quality and efficiency.
- Support internal audits and contribute to maintaining compliance with ISO 13485, FDA, and QMS requirements.
- In partnership with manager, develop or update inspection plans, work instructions, and standard operating procedures.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred.
- A minimum of five years’ experience in a leadership role in quality of a related environment or deep technical experience with Coapt technology paired with a penchant for documentation, communication, and organization.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 13485, FDA, and QMS requirements in a medical device function.
- Strong knowledge of inspection methods, sampling plans, measurement tools, and testing techniques.
- Expertise in root-cause analysis methodologies.
- Familiarity with production workflows, engineering change management, and document control processes.
- Knowledge of internal and external audit practices and requirements.
- Understanding of validation principles, risk management, and process control.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and process instructions.
- Skilled in quality data analysis, statistical techniques, and reporting to identify trends and opportunities.
- Strong understanding of defect containment, corrective action development, and continuous improvement strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, motivate, and develop team members, including coaching for performance and growth.
- Skilled in delegation, prioritization, and managing multiple simultaneous tasks under deadlines.
- Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and drive consensus in complex problem‑solving situations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, including the ability to simplify complex information.
- Strong partnership skills with Operations, Engineering, and leadership stakeholders.
- Ability to navigate difficult conversations with professionalism and clarity.
- Strong judgment in evaluating quality risks, making product disposition decisions, and implementing corrective actions.
- Ability to think strategically while also executing hands‑on problem‑solving.
- High attention to detail and strong organizational capabilities.
- Ability to work in fast‑paced environments with shifting priorities.
- Commitment to maintaining the highest standards of compliance, documentation accuracy, and product quality.
- Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and accountability for results.
- Directly supervises Quality personnel, including Quality Control and Quality Assurance Technicians.
- Provides mentorship, coaching, and daily guidance to team across quality.
- Evaluates employee performance using KPIs, conducts reviews, and identifies training needs to ensure competency and efficiency.
- Enforces safety, quality, and continuous improvement standards, holding teams accountable for compliance and operational discipline.
- Oversees workflow scheduling, task assignments, and resource allocation, ensuring proper staffing and equipment utilization.
- Receives general direction from senior leadership who sets production goals, safety expectations, and organizational priorities.
- Collaborates with cross functional leaders (engineering, procurement, quality, logistics) who also influence production priorities, resource planning, and workflow alignment
Pay range of $90,000-$100,000/year + bonus+ benefits. This pay range is posted to comply with State Law. Hanger salary ranges vary based on skill, ability, knowledge, geographic location and other variables.
Our Investment in You:
- Competitive Compensation Packages
- 8 Paid National Holidays & 4 additional Floating Holidays
- PTO that includes Vacation and Sick time
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
- 401k Savings and Retirement Plan
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave for New Parents
- Flexible Work Schedules and Part-time Opportunities
- Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Mentorship Programs- Mentor and Mentee
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance by Location
- Relocation Assistance
- Regional & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities
- Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest
Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.
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Hanger
Sr. Supervisor, Quality Assurance
Chicago, Illinois
Added 1d ago5,001-10,000 employees
Job functions:
$90k - $100k/yr
Bachelor's degree in engineering
Job Description
Why Us?:
#ERF-HRC
Coapt provides transformative technologies that improve quality of life for upper-limb prosthesis users. Based in industry-leading research in bionics and clinically-dedicated engineering, its cutting-edge technology gives prosthesis users more intuitive, natural and personal control to fit their lifestyles. Now a Hanger, Inc. company, Coapt continues to lead in innovation and excellence in the field.
Could This Be For You?:
The Senior Supervisor, Quality Assurance provides leadership and oversight to a Quality Assurance team for Fillauer Coapt, Point Designs, or another Hanger Products & Services entity, ensuring products and processes meet regulatory, customer, and organizational standards. This role develops and maintains quality system policies, procedures, and systems compliant with the regulatory requirements of the entity’s product lines, manages quality operations, leads root-cause investigations, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and supports compliance with internal and external audit requirements.
Your Impact:
- Provide day‑to‑day leadership, coaching, and performance management for the QA team, ensuring efficient workflow, adherence to standards, and continuous skill development.
- Oversee quality inspection, testing, and documentation processes to ensure products meet regulatory, customer, and company standards.
- Lead complex nonconformance investigations, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions that eliminate systemic issues.
- Review, approve, and maintain quality documentation such as inspection records, test results, deviations, change controls, and product release decisions.
- Coordinate and support internal audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections; ensure prompt and accurate responses to findings.
- Analyze quality performance metrics and trends, presenting insights and actionable recommendations to leadership.
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and production leadership to resolve quality issues and improve manufacturing processes.
- Ensure the proper implementation and maintenance of quality system requirements (ISO, FDA, or industry‑specific standards).
- Lead or support validation activities, including equipment qualification, process validation, and documentation updates.
- Promote a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Support strategic initiatives related to quality planning, staffing needs, system improvements, and cross‑functional project execution.
- Identify trends in scrap, rework, and process deviations; recommend improvements to enhance quality and efficiency.
- Support internal audits and contribute to maintaining compliance with ISO 13485, FDA, and QMS requirements.
- In partnership with manager, develop or update inspection plans, work instructions, and standard operating procedures.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred.
- A minimum of five years’ experience in a leadership role in quality of a related environment or deep technical experience with Coapt technology paired with a penchant for documentation, communication, and organization.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 13485, FDA, and QMS requirements in a medical device function.
- Strong knowledge of inspection methods, sampling plans, measurement tools, and testing techniques.
- Expertise in root-cause analysis methodologies.
- Familiarity with production workflows, engineering change management, and document control processes.
- Knowledge of internal and external audit practices and requirements.
- Understanding of validation principles, risk management, and process control.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and process instructions.
- Skilled in quality data analysis, statistical techniques, and reporting to identify trends and opportunities.
- Strong understanding of defect containment, corrective action development, and continuous improvement strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, motivate, and develop team members, including coaching for performance and growth.
- Skilled in delegation, prioritization, and managing multiple simultaneous tasks under deadlines.
- Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and drive consensus in complex problem‑solving situations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, including the ability to simplify complex information.
- Strong partnership skills with Operations, Engineering, and leadership stakeholders.
- Ability to navigate difficult conversations with professionalism and clarity.
- Strong judgment in evaluating quality risks, making product disposition decisions, and implementing corrective actions.
- Ability to think strategically while also executing hands‑on problem‑solving.
- High attention to detail and strong organizational capabilities.
- Ability to work in fast‑paced environments with shifting priorities.
- Commitment to maintaining the highest standards of compliance, documentation accuracy, and product quality.
- Demonstrated initiative, ownership, and accountability for results.
- Directly supervises Quality personnel, including Quality Control and Quality Assurance Technicians.
- Provides mentorship, coaching, and daily guidance to team across quality.
- Evaluates employee performance using KPIs, conducts reviews, and identifies training needs to ensure competency and efficiency.
- Enforces safety, quality, and continuous improvement standards, holding teams accountable for compliance and operational discipline.
- Oversees workflow scheduling, task assignments, and resource allocation, ensuring proper staffing and equipment utilization.
- Receives general direction from senior leadership who sets production goals, safety expectations, and organizational priorities.
- Collaborates with cross functional leaders (engineering, procurement, quality, logistics) who also influence production priorities, resource planning, and workflow alignment
Pay range of $90,000-$100,000/year + bonus+ benefits. This pay range is posted to comply with State Law. Hanger salary ranges vary based on skill, ability, knowledge, geographic location and other variables.
Our Investment in You:
- Competitive Compensation Packages
- 8 Paid National Holidays & 4 additional Floating Holidays
- PTO that includes Vacation and Sick time
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
- 401k Savings and Retirement Plan
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave for New Parents
- Flexible Work Schedules and Part-time Opportunities
- Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Mentorship Programs- Mentor and Mentee
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance by Location
- Relocation Assistance
- Regional & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities
- Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest
Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.
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#ERF-HRC
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1 jobQuality Assurance Analyst Job Market in Illinois
A snapshot from current Illinois openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Education
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
What Illinois Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in quality assurance analyst jobs across Illinois.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field
- Hands-on experience writing and executing manual and automated test cases
- Proficiency with test management tools such as Jira, TestRail, or equivalent platforms
- Familiarity with automation frameworks including Selenium, Cypress, or similar tools
- Understanding of SDLC methodologies including Agile, Scrum, and waterfall environments
- Strong written communication skills for documenting defects, test plans, and reports
Quality Assurance Analyst Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a quality assurance analyst in Illinois?
Most Illinois employers expect a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline as the foundation. Quality assurance analysts in Illinois are not required to hold a state-issued license, but industry certifications strengthen candidacy considerably. The ISTQB Certified Tester credential is widely recognized by Illinois employers, particularly in Chicago's financial services and healthcare technology sectors. Gaining practical experience through internships, co-op programs, or entry-level testing roles is the most direct path into the field.
How much do quality assurance analysts make in Illinois?
Quality assurance analysts in Illinois earn a median of about $104,910 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $65,480 for the lowest 10% to over $150,620 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire quality assurance analysts in Illinois?
Employers hiring quality assurance analysts in Illinois right now include AbbVie, Tempus, and Wis-Pak, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Illinois's concentration of healthcare technology, insurance, and enterprise software firms means QA roles here frequently sit within regulated industries where compliance testing and documentation standards are especially rigorous.
Which Illinois cities have the most quality assurance analyst jobs?
Chicago, North Chicago, and Niles account for the most quality assurance analyst openings in Illinois. Chicago leads because of its deep pool of financial services, healthcare technology, and enterprise software employers, while suburban hubs like Naperville and Schaumburg attract QA roles tied to the major corporate campuses and technology operations centers headquartered along the Interstate 88 corridor.
Are there remote quality assurance analyst jobs in Illinois?
Yes, and more than most fields. Quality assurance analysis is desk-based and tool-driven, making it well suited to remote and hybrid arrangements. About 53% of quality assurance analyst openings tied to Illinois are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how broadly Illinois employers have adopted flexible models since the shift in enterprise technology work. Automation testing, test strategy, and documentation-heavy roles are the most likely to be fully remote.
How can I get hired as a quality assurance analyst in Illinois with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a junior QA or software tester role, which Illinois employers in healthcare technology and fintech frequently post as associate or trainee positions. Large Illinois-based organizations including those in the insurance and managed care space run structured new-graduate programs that include QA rotations. Candidates transitioning from adjacent roles such as business analyst, technical support specialist, or data entry positions are often competitive. Building a portfolio of test cases and earning the ISTQB Foundation Level certification before applying gives candidates a concrete edge.
Where can I find and apply to quality assurance analyst jobs in Illinois?
You can find and apply to quality assurance analyst jobs in Illinois on Migrate Mate, which lists current Illinois openings updated in real time. Search the listings, find roles that match your experience and target location, and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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