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Principal Scientist-Quality Control, Instrumentation

Catalent
Madison, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/23/2026
Job Title: Principal Scientist-Quality Control, Instrumentation

City: Madison

State: WI

JOB DESCRIPTION:


  • Monitor and coordinate instrument installation and maintenance.
  • Operate basic, moderately complex, and complex cGMP Quality Control equipment.
  • Manage all aspects of laboratory equipment lifecycle.
  • Manage all aspects of equipment vendor management.
  • Prioritize and schedule activities to meet deadlines.
  • Interact as an SME for internal and external entities.
  • Lead training of specific analytical instruments and processes.
  • Perform self-review of analytical data for accuracy and consistency with SOP.
  • Perform general lab housekeeping in adherence to 5S standards.
  • Complete routine and preventive maintenance on basic, moderately complex, and complex equipment.
  • Participate in team meetings and/or training sessions.
  • Write technical documents.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot Quality Control equipment.
  • Perform the foregoing using
    • Lean Six Sigma
    • Clean room procedure, aseptic technique, and general lab equipment experience
    • cGMP, Good Documentation Practices (GDP), or Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
    • following standard operating procedures (SOP)
  • Use the following laboratory equipment:
    • Agilent, Waters, and Thermo HPLC/UHPLCs (with VWD, MWD, DAD, CAD, ELSD)
    • LC/MS
    • GC
    • Sciex PA800 Plus (including LIF detector)
    • Protein Simple iCE3 and Maurice
    • Biotech and Molecular Devices Plate Washers and Plate Readers
    • Applied BioSystems 3500xL
    • Applied BioSystems 7500 Fast
    • Controlled Temperature Units (multiple vendors)
    • pH Meters (multiple vendors)
    • Balances (multiple vendors)
    • Pipettes (multiple types and multiple vendors)


EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences or Related Field and 8 years of experience in job offered or 8 years of experience in the Related Occupation

RELATED OCCUPATION:

Chemist or any other job title performing all listed job duties.

JOB TIME: Full Time

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.

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