Quality Assurance Specialist Jobs in Wisconsin
Quality Assurance Specialist jobs in Wisconsin are concentrated in Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay, where manufacturing, food and beverage processing, and medical device production drive steady demand for professionals who can manage compliance, inspection, and process improvement. Major employers with deep Wisconsin roots include Johnson Controls, Kwik Trip, and GE Healthcare, all of which maintain quality functions across production and operations. Openings range from entry-level quality technicians to senior QA managers, with the strongest demand in ISO compliance, supplier quality, and regulated manufacturing environments. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Specialist II - Quality Assurance Operations, SQM
Position Summary:
- Shift: M-F 8am-5pm
- Location: Madison, WI
- 100% Onsite
Catalent’s Madison, Wisconsin site is a state‑of‑the‑art biologics development and manufacturing facility supporting customers from research through early‑ and mid‑stage clinical production. Located at 726 Heartland Trail in Madison, the approximately 102,700‑square‑foot GMP facility specializes in mammalian cell line engineering, drug substance biomanufacturing, and biopharmaceutical development, utilizing flexible single‑use systems to enable rapid scale‑up and customization. The site is home to Catalent’s proprietary GPEx® and GPEx® Lightning technologies, which are used to generate high‑yielding mammalian cell lines for biologic therapies, and supports production scales ranging from 50 to 4,000 liters for clinical manufacturing. Following a $45 million expansion announced in 2025, the Madison site has significantly increased capacity, added new equipment, and created approximately 200 highly skilled biohealth jobs, further strengthening its role within Catalent’s global biologics network and Wisconsin’s growing life sciences ecosystem.
We have an opportunity for a Specialist II - Quality Assurance Operations, SQM to join our team. This role focuses on supplier quality management, ensuring compliance and effectiveness across supplier programs. The position involves collaboration with internal and external partners to maintain quality standards and support continuous improvement. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining supplier quality systems and driving operational excellence.
The Role
- Manage supplier quality programs, including maintaining the Approved Supplier List and ensuring compliance and effectiveness.
- Collaborate with Catalent sister sites and suppliers to develop, maintain, and leverage Quality Agreements and audit programs.
- Plan, conduct, and evaluate supplier and vendor audits, including follow-up on corrective actions and outstanding findings.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to investigate supplier quality issues and drive corrective actions to improve material and supplier performance.
- Deliver supplier quality training, maintain controlled quality documentation, and support other quality assurance activities as needed.
The Candidate
Minimum Requirements
- Doctorate Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 4 years of related experience, OR
- Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 6 years of related experience, OR
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 8 years of related experience, OR
- Associate’s Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 12 years of related experience.
Why You Should Join Catalent
- Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.
- Diverse, inclusive culture.
- Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.
- Competitive paid time off plus 8 paid holidays.
- Community engagement and green initiatives.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.
Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.
Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:
Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond— it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to spam@catalent.com for us to investigate with local authorities.
California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE.
Volunteer Work Disclosure: Applicants for employment in Massachusetts may include in their employment history any verified work performed on a volunteer basis.
Massachusetts Lie Detector Test Notice: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law may be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Consistent with Massachusetts law, Catalent does not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Specialist II - Quality Assurance Operations, SQM
Position Summary:
- Shift: M-F 8am-5pm
- Location: Madison, WI
- 100% Onsite
Catalent’s Madison, Wisconsin site is a state‑of‑the‑art biologics development and manufacturing facility supporting customers from research through early‑ and mid‑stage clinical production. Located at 726 Heartland Trail in Madison, the approximately 102,700‑square‑foot GMP facility specializes in mammalian cell line engineering, drug substance biomanufacturing, and biopharmaceutical development, utilizing flexible single‑use systems to enable rapid scale‑up and customization. The site is home to Catalent’s proprietary GPEx® and GPEx® Lightning technologies, which are used to generate high‑yielding mammalian cell lines for biologic therapies, and supports production scales ranging from 50 to 4,000 liters for clinical manufacturing. Following a $45 million expansion announced in 2025, the Madison site has significantly increased capacity, added new equipment, and created approximately 200 highly skilled biohealth jobs, further strengthening its role within Catalent’s global biologics network and Wisconsin’s growing life sciences ecosystem.
We have an opportunity for a Specialist II - Quality Assurance Operations, SQM to join our team. This role focuses on supplier quality management, ensuring compliance and effectiveness across supplier programs. The position involves collaboration with internal and external partners to maintain quality standards and support continuous improvement. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining supplier quality systems and driving operational excellence.
The Role
- Manage supplier quality programs, including maintaining the Approved Supplier List and ensuring compliance and effectiveness.
- Collaborate with Catalent sister sites and suppliers to develop, maintain, and leverage Quality Agreements and audit programs.
- Plan, conduct, and evaluate supplier and vendor audits, including follow-up on corrective actions and outstanding findings.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to investigate supplier quality issues and drive corrective actions to improve material and supplier performance.
- Deliver supplier quality training, maintain controlled quality documentation, and support other quality assurance activities as needed.
The Candidate
Minimum Requirements
- Doctorate Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 4 years of related experience, OR
- Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 6 years of related experience, OR
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 8 years of related experience, OR
- Associate’s Degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 12 years of related experience.
Why You Should Join Catalent
- Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.
- Diverse, inclusive culture.
- Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives.
- Competitive paid time off plus 8 paid holidays.
- Community engagement and green initiatives.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.
Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.
Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:
Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond— it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to spam@catalent.com for us to investigate with local authorities.
California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE.
Volunteer Work Disclosure: Applicants for employment in Massachusetts may include in their employment history any verified work performed on a volunteer basis.
Massachusetts Lie Detector Test Notice: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law may be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Consistent with Massachusetts law, Catalent does not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.
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Top Industries Hiring
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Manufacturing
- Food & Beverage
- Technology & Software
What Wisconsin Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in quality assurance specialist jobs across Wisconsin.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, or a related technical field
- Hands-on experience with ISO 9001 or AS9100 quality management systems
- Proficiency with statistical process control tools and quality documentation software
- Familiarity with FDA regulations or GMP requirements for regulated manufacturing environments
- Experience conducting internal audits, root cause analysis, and corrective action processes
- Strong written communication skills for generating inspection reports and nonconformance documentation
Quality Assurance Specialist Jobs in Wisconsin: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a quality assurance specialist in Wisconsin?
Most quality assurance specialist roles in Wisconsin require a bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, supply chain, or a related technical field, though associate degree holders with manufacturing experience are hired at the technician level. Wisconsin has no state-issued QA license, but employers in regulated industries strongly prefer candidates holding the ASQ Certified Quality Auditor or Certified Quality Engineer credential. Building experience in a Wisconsin manufacturing or food processing facility, even in a production or inspection role, is the most direct path to a QA specialist position.
Which companies hire quality assurance specialists in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin quality assurance specialist roles are posted by Scientific Protein Laboratories, GE HealthCare, and MARATHON CHEESE and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Wisconsin's strong base of food processing, medical device, and industrial manufacturing companies means QA roles are consistently available at both large corporations and mid-size regional facilities.
Which Wisconsin cities have the most quality assurance specialist jobs?
Madison, Milwaukee, and Waukesha are the Wisconsin cities with the most quality assurance specialist openings. Milwaukee leads because of its dense concentration of manufacturing, healthcare, and industrial employers, while Madison draws QA roles tied to biotechnology, medical devices, and state government contractors, and Green Bay's food processing and paper industries sustain ongoing quality staffing needs.
Are there remote quality assurance specialist jobs in Wisconsin?
Yes, but they are limited. Quality assurance specialist work is largely hands-on, involving physical inspection, on-floor audits, and in-person supplier visits that cannot be done remotely. About 31% of quality assurance specialist openings tied to Wisconsin are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, which is below average for desk-based roles. The portions most likely to be remote are document control, supplier audit scheduling, and quality system administration.
How can I get hired as a quality assurance specialist in Wisconsin with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is starting as a quality control inspector or production technician at a Wisconsin manufacturer, then moving into a specialist role after demonstrating attention to process and documentation. Large Wisconsin employers like GE Healthcare and Johnson Controls hire quality associates and QA coordinators who train up through structured programs. Community colleges such as Fox Valley Technical College and Milwaukee Area Technical College offer quality and manufacturing technology programs that signal hands-on readiness. Earning an entry-level ASQ certification strengthens applications for candidates who lack direct QA titles.
Where can I find and apply to quality assurance specialist jobs in Wisconsin?
You can find and apply to quality assurance specialist jobs in Wisconsin on Migrate Mate, which lists current Wisconsin openings updated regularly. Search the listings to see roles that fit your experience level, industry background, and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that match.
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