New · posted Oct 15
Catalent · Biotechnology
2027 Intern - Quality Control
- Madison, WI
- On-site
- Internship
- Associate & Specialist
Closes Nov 14, 2026 · 31 days left
The role
- Shift: M-F 8am-5pm, Summer 2027
- 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.
- Support Quality Control activities through data collection, documentation, and process improvement initiatives.
- Assist with laboratory systems, databases, reporting, and maintaining accurate records.
- Analyze, organize, and document data to support projects and operational objectives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, participate in meetings, and contribute to team projects.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and 5S standards while completing assigned projects and presenting results.
2027 Intern - Quality Control
What you need
Minimum Requirements
- Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university.
- Must be an undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a degree in life sciences such as Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, or a related field of study.
- Eligible to legally work in the United States.
- Ability to work full-time (40 hours per week) for a 12-week period over the summer.
- Ability to read, understand, and apply standard operating procedures to operate within a regulated industry and compliance environment.
Skills named in this posting
- Enrolled in accredited college or university
- Pursuing degree in life sciences (Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology)
- Data collection and documentation
- Data analysis and reporting
- Following standard operating procedures
- Regulated/GMP compliance environment
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Eligible to work in the United States
Pay and benefits
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Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one
Competitive paid time off plus 8 paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement
Annual performance review and feedback
Defined career path
Where you'll work
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From the posting
About Catalent
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.
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The context around this role
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Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
Associate & Specialist roles in the US100 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| All US (middle half) | $49,375 | $60,000 | $76,125 |
Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Control roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 15, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Quality Control
The general path across 275 open Quality Control roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Catalent's own promotion track.
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 15 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Documentation and SOPs4
- GMP and compliance3
- Lab testing and methods2
- Quality systems and risk1
- Data and digital systems1
- Collaboration and leadership1
- Enrolled in accredited college or university
- Pursuing degree in life sciences (Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology)
- Data collection and documentation
- Data analysis and reporting
- Following standard operating procedures
- Regulated/GMP compliance environment
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Eligible to work in the United States
Regulatory intelligence
The rules behind this role
Frameworks and standards this posting's work falls under, matched from its own words, each linked to the official source.
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- Open roles
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By discipline
- Quality28 100%
By level
- Associate & Specialist13 46%
- Manager7 25%
- Senior & Principal6 21%
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2027 Intern - Quality Control at Catalent
Applications close November 14.