
PDP Quality Engineer
Moline, ILJob$78–116K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
John Deere seeks a PDP Quality Engineer for its Cylinder Internal Platform in Moline, Illinois. The role facilitates quality and FMEA processes, owns action tracking and related reports, represents the factory for ISO audits, and oversees prototype and first-production inspection processes and prototype release. The posting lists understanding of PDP and quality methods, blueprint interpretation, meeting facilitation, and SAP Quality experience among the desired skills.
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Full job description
There are over 7 billion people on this planet. And by 2050, there will be 2 billion more... many moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. Making sure there is enough food, fiber and infrastructure for our rapidly growing world is what we're all about at John Deere. And it's why we're investing in our people and our technology like never before! Here the world's brightest minds are tackling the world's biggest challenges. If you believe one person can make the world a better place, we'll put you to work. RIGHT NOW.
John Deere is an equal opportunity employer, including disabled & veterans.
Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois - Moline
Function: Factory Engineering (CA)
Title: PDP Quality Engineer - 124514
Onsite/Remote: Onsite Position
Your Responsibilities
As a PDP Quality Engineer for John Deere Cylinder Internal Platform located in Moline, IL you will:
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Facilitator of Cylinder PRP Meeting Series (PRM, DPAR, etc)
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Facilitator and process expert for FMEA
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Owner of action tracking for DPAR, PRM, FMEA meetings, and associated PowerBi Reports
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ISO Management Representative for Cylinder Moline – leading internal and external ISO Auditing requirements for the factory.
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ISIR Quality Process Owner – schedules, reviews, approves inspections related to Prototypes and First Production parts, including all related C-Projects / SAP tasks
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Prototype gate keeper – Owns ensuring that all prototype requirements have been met, all ISIRs completed, including Paint, and owns ESO release to ship to customer
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SAP Quality BPI/SME for Cylinder Moline
VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position
What Skills You Need
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Understanding of PDP Process
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Understanding of PFMEA, Capability Study, Gage R&R
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Blueprint reading / interpretation
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Ability to influence without authority
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Meeting facilitation
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SAP Quality experience
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C-Projects Task experience
What Makes You Stand Out
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Working knowledge of GD&T
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PowerBI Report creation / modification
Education
Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Metrology, or similar experience.
What You'll Get
At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:
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Flexible work arrangements
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Highly competitive base pay
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Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
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Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
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Adoption assistance
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Employee Assistance Programs
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Tuition assistance
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Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
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Charitable contribution match
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Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
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Vacation and Holiday Pay
$77,628.00 - $116,436.00 + Benefits
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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply
The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.
The terms of the applicable benefit plans, and all company actions administering or interpreting these plans, continue to control. Deere & Company reserves the right to suspend, amend, modify, or terminate the Plan(s) in any manner at any time, including the right to modify or eliminate any cost-sharing between the company and participants. Changes, which can be made at any time, are made by action of the company's board of directors, or to the extent authorized by resolution of its board of directors, or by the Deere & Company Compensation Committee. In the event of a conflict between the language of the official Plan Documents and this document, the language of the official Plan Documents will control.
ACA Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Notice
The John Deere Health Benefit Plans for Salaried Employees and The John Deere Benefit Plan for Wage Employees comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,023 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$78–116K/yr
- Illinois median$89–120K/yr44 salary ranges
- US median$90–149K/yr1,916 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $97K, is 6% below the Illinois median midpoint ($104K) — in the middle half of Quality Engineer salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 64 open Quality Engineer jobs in Illinois and 3,023 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (2,473 postings).
- Education
- 1,737 of the 3,023 open Quality Engineer jobs (57%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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