Senior Quality Engineer

A Taste of What You'll Do

We're seeking a collaborative Senior Quality Engineer who is passionate about food safety, continuous improvement, and protecting beloved brands. In this role you'll design and implement quality and food safety systems that meet Corporate Quality and GFSI standards, lead root cause investigations and corrective actions, and drive supplier quality performance to ensure contracts and winery expectations are met. You'll apply statistical techniques to target sampling and interpret consumer complaint trends, lead GMP audits and hold processes, and develop validation, verification, and training tools that empower colleagues to maintain consistent, safe, high-quality product.

You'll partner across functions to translate findings into clear, actionable improvements, produce quality reports for all levels of the organization, and lead time-sensitive investigations with focus, urgency, and respect. Coaching and mentoring peers and indirect reports is a core part of the role-developing others, giving candid feedback, and holding teams accountable while encouraging innovation and intrapreneurial thinking. Attendance, regulatory compliance, and adherence to safety and environmental expectations are essential.

We value diverse perspectives and welcome applicants who bring curiosity, initiative, and a commitment to learning from mistakes. If you're skilled in root cause methodologies, comfortable with hands-on problem solving, and motivated to protect product and people through robust quality systems, you'll thrive here. Gallo Winery is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard and respected.

Join us to help shape quality and food safety that supports our brands, our suppliers, and our communities.

• Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of quality assurance/quality control, production, operations, winemaking, spirits making, or engineering experience reflecting increasing levels or responsibility; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 9 years of quality assurance/quality control, production, operations, winemaking, or engineering experience reflecting increasing levels or responsibility.
• 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.

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 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,…