• Technical Validation Engineer

    AGCO Corporation (Hesston, KS)


    Technical Validation Engineer

     

    Date: Jul 1, 2025

     

    Req ID: 101193

    Location:

    Hesston, KS, US

     

    Workplace Type: Onsite

     

    Do you want to help solve the world's most pressing challenges? Feeding the world's growing population and slowing climate change are two of the world's greatest challenges. AGCO is a part of the solution! Join us to make your contribution.

     

    Assume full responsibility for field testing prototype equipment and building long term relationships with strategic customers. Strong communication with design engineering personnel, equipment operators, farmers and other involved persons throughout the development process. May also assist in Lab Validation, perform equipment updates or rebuilds, and evaluation of competitive equipment (company or customer owned).

    Your Impact:

    + Maintain assigned equipment in good working condition and appearance. Ensure security of assigned equipment as required for validation process

    + Ability to make field modifications to prototypes independently or through instructions from design engineering group

    + Report accurate test observations, results, part failures, performance data, functional and reliability issues, and recommend improvements

    + Assist engineering personnel in identification and resolving potential safety hazards

    + Inform engineering personnel of industry developments, trends and observations, based on interaction with cooperators

    Your Experience and Qualification:

    + 4-year technical/bachelor’s degree from a 4-year accredited university with an emphasis in AG, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent field/technical experience in testing of AG or off-highway equipment

    + 1+ years of field/technical experience in testing/operation of agriculture or off-highway equipment

    + Must be self-motivated and can travel extensively (vehicle and airplane)

    + Clean driving record with Strong mechanical aptitude and Agricultural experience/background

    + Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey test results, root cause analysis, new strategies, processes/approaches to a variety of internal audiences. Experience troubleshooting including CAN-BUS systems, mechanical systems, and electrical systems highly desirable

    Your Benefits:

    Benefits include health care and wellness plans, flexible and virtual work options (where available), 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, paid holidays, and paid time off, flexible spending accounts, reimbursement for continuing education, company philanthropic programs, company perks programs, and much more…

    Your Workplace:

    You will work from with your wonderful AGCO Colleagues on our Hesston, KS 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.

     

    Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!

     

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