Platform Lead Engineer

Platform Lead Engineer

Location: Breganze, IT

Workplace Type: Onsite

We are proud to put our curiosity to work, building a better and more sustainable world. This position reports to the VP Harvesting Platform Engineering and will serve in a team of engineers responsible for Combines development at AGCO's Breganze (Italy) Site and all Combine Harvesters sites. The person will lead and is responsible globally for platform development with the technical team and cross‑functional teams (Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality etc.).

Your Impact

• Leads/coordinates and owns platform development activities, drives module‑specific innovation, ensures best cost together with Purchasing and Manufacturing counterpart
• Responsible to deliver NPI projects at defined quality target and product maintenance, good skills working with one or more ERP systems (i.e. SAP, BAAN, JDE) and strong technical knowledge
• Project planning according to AGCO's procedures called AMPIP and collaboration across other AGCO sites for all functions involved in the AMPIP process; participates in meetings for planning, idea generation, design review, future optimization with respect to cost, performance, weight and durability
• Definition of project objectives and key collaboration within the strategic engineering roadmap; managing comprehensive project requirements and solving non‑expected and complex problems
• Keeping within development cost budgets and time schedules, keeping within the defined product cost, define and monitor project budget evolution; achievement of project objectives / working off the projects / quality / innovation objectives; interest in innovative technologies, highly motivated in solving problems, ability to work in a team, strong assertive and resilient Project Manager

Your Experience and Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or agricultural engineering
• +5 years of professional experience
• Excellent English language and writing ability
• Excellent people and leadership skills
• Proficiency in Creo, MS Package, etc.
• Travel required 25%
• Attractive, fair remuneration including participation in our bonus scheme
• Balance of work, family and free time due to flexible working time and the possibility of remote work
• Private health insurance “Meta salute” with partial coverage of some medical expenses
• Welfare platform “Tre Cuori”
• Canteen with meal allowance

Your Workplace

You will work with your wonderful AGCO colleagues onsite at our Breganze site.

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.