Quality Engineer 1

We are GALLO. Temporary Position - 9 Months A Taste of What You'll Do We're looking for a collaborative Quality Engineer to help strengthen food safety, quality assurance, and continuous improvement across our supply base and operations. In this role, you'll apply and support quality systems, partner with internal and external stakeholders, and help ensure products meet company standards, regulatory requirements, and brand protection expectations. You'll serve as a key quality liaison, supporting supplier performance, driving audits and corrective actions, and helping teams stay aligned on quality objectives. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys solving problems, analyzing data, and working across functions to improve performance. You'll investigate opportunities to increase competitiveness, improve throughput, reduce operational costs, and implement quality-focused policies, procedures, and systems. You'll facilitate root‑cause analysis, apply statistical techniques to quality and sampling decisions, develop reports and scorecards, and share findings with stakeholders to support informed action and continuous improvement. You may also support supplier qualification, onsite production investigations, risk management, test method development, regulatory certification, and quality verification activities. Success in this role means balancing technical insight with strong communication, sound judgment, and a commitment to follow‑through. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who are excited to contribute to a culture of inclusion, accountability, and learning. If you're motivated by improving processes, protecting product quality, and partnering with others to deliver excellent results, we encourage you to apply. What You'll Need Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Enology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Biology plus 2 years of quality assurance/quality control, production, operations, winemaking, or engineering experience reflecting increasing levels or responsibility; OR, High school diploma or State‑issued equivalency certificate plus 6 years of quality assurance/quality control, production, operations, winemaking, or engineering experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility. Research and problem‑solving skills. Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description. Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description. How You'll Stand Out Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, plus 1 year of quality assurance systems management experience reflecting increasing levels or responsibility. Experience auditing food safety or quality systems. Manufacturing experience. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated team building, leadership and mentoring skills. Demonstrated use of root cause analysis or Lean tools. Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions. Experience making effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and boards of directors. Skilled in applying principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Skilled in applying mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, or factor analysis. Experience building relationships and influencing organizational functions such as Operations, Engineering, Supplier Development, and Supply Chain. Skilled in the use of Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint at an intermediate level; additionally, experienced in LiveLink, Minitab, WineManager, and LIMS. Experience with Food and Beverage industry best practices, FDA regulations, and quality systems. Experience effectively responding to sensitive inquiries and complaints. Excellent organization and negotiation skills. Experience handling multiple projects and effectively managing timelines. American Society for Quality (ASQ) CQE/CQA Certifications. Our Benefits & Perks We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well‑being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview. The Fine Print The Company does not sponsor for employment‑based visas for this position now or in the future. Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable. This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting and requires working on‑site with no telecommuting option. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance. It is the Company's policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days. Gallo's policy is to afford equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics. Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibiting discrimination for lawful out‑of‑work behavior, such as off‑duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non‑psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions). We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at View phone number on click.appcast.io. Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E‑Verify program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required. E‑Verify Notice Right to Work Employee Polygraph Protection Act Family Medical Leave Act USERRA Notice #J-18808-Ljbffr GALLO