Sr. Quality Engineer
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The Senior Quality Engineer is a plant technical leader for manufacturing quality strategy, control-system design, launch governance, and complex problem solving. The role leads the translation of product and process risks into robust special-characteristic controls, measurement strategies, Control Plans, functional test requirements, MSA, SPC, PPAP evidence, Safe Launch plans, quality gates, and finished-product verification. Working across Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Supplier Quality, and Product Integrity, the Senior Quality Engineer influences critical decisions, coaches Quality Engineers, resolves high-risk technical issues, and delivers measurable improvement in customer, supplier, launch, and manufacturing quality performance.
Your Impact
- Lead APQP, NPI, PPAP, and launch quality activities, ensuring product and process readiness, risk mitigation, and successful production launches.
- Develop and govern quality control strategies, including Control Plans, inspection methods, functional testing, safe launch processes, and continuous process verification.
- Serve as the technical expert for measurement systems, SPC, process capability, and quality audits to ensure effective process control and compliance.
- Drive quality performance through root cause analysis, customer complaint resolution, supplier quality improvement, audit readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership and coaching across cross-functional teams, using data-driven decision-making to reduce risk, improve product quality, and achieve business objectives.
Your Experience and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Quality, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing quality, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, supplier quality, reliability, or a related technical field, including leadership of complex cross-functional issues or launches.
- Demonstrated advanced application of APQP, PFMEA review, Control Plans, PPAP, special characteristics, MSA, Gauge R&R, SPC, process capability, and structured problem solving in complex manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated experience developing and approving inspection, measurement, and functional-test strategies, including acceptance criteria, reaction plans, validation evidence, and quality records.
- Proven ability to influence without direct authority, lead technically complex cross-functional decisions, coach engineers, challenge weak evidence constructively, and communicate risk and recommendations to plant and functional leadership.
Your Benefits
- Health care and wellness plans
- Dental and vision plans
- 401(k) Savings Plan with company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering eligible employees the ability to purchase AGCO stock at a discounted price
- Paid holidays and paid time off
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- Reimbursement for continuing education
- Life insurance and other supplemental insurance plans
Your Workplace
This role follows AGCO’s on‑site work model, with employees primarily working from an AGCO location (Beloit, KS) for a 5 days per week to support collaboration and teamwork.
We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives.
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