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Agilent Technologies

Provides eProcurement automation and hosted catalogs

R&D Engineer

Board & Electronics DesignPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeHachioji, Tokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university degree or higher in an electrical/electronics field, or equivalent knowledge.
  • At least 8 years of electrical design experience in product development, including experience as a lead engineer or key technical team member.
  • Knowledge and practical experience in analog circuit design, including use of schematic design CAD and analog circuit simulators.
  • Experience designing or evaluating high-frequency and resonant circuits.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership within a development team and lead design policies and technical decisions.
  • Ability to write documents and emails, give oral presentations, participate in meetings and discussions, and collaborate effectively in Japanese.
  • Ability to write documents, understand and compose emails, and communicate technically with overseas team members in English.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop electronics hardware for the launch of new ICP-MS products.
  • Achieve product commercialization through advanced electronics design, prototyping, and evaluation.
  • Lead design reviews, provide technical guidance, and make technical decisions as the electrical-design technical leader.
  • Make design decisions considering product performance, cost, reliability, serviceability, and customer value.
  • Resolve hardware issues needed to continue sales of existing products, including responding to component obsolescence.
  • Coordinate with development departments, related departments, and field teams, including overseas teams, to support progress from new product development through mass production and market support.
  • Lead root-cause analysis and problem solving from an electrical-design perspective when failures occur.
  • Improve technical capability and product competitiveness by investigating, evaluating, and applying new technologies to ICP-MS products.
  • Lead continuous improvement activities to improve product and operational quality.
  • Improve development efficiency by improving development processes and resource utilization.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience developing analytical or measurement instruments, including mass spectrometers, chemical analysis instruments, or other measuring instruments.
  • Experience designing MHz-band high-frequency, resonant, and high-voltage drive circuits.
  • Experience designing high-voltage circuits in the several-kilovolt range.
  • Experience designing low-noise and small-signal measurement circuits.
  • Experience designing and testing for EMC/EMI compliance.
  • Experience with root-cause analysis, failure analysis, and defect investigation.
  • Experience in technology development related to ion optics, detector systems, or mass spectrometry.
  • Experience in joint development with overseas development sites or as a technical lead.
  • Experience independently analyzing and resolving technical issues in complex systems.
  • Experience developing products in collaboration with multiple departments.
  • Experience in microcontroller control design.
  • Experience developing software or evaluation/automation tools using Python, C, or C++.
  • Knowledge of safety standards such as UL/CSA and experience evaluating compliance.

About the Company

Agilent Technologies

Provides eProcurement automation and hosted catalogs

Agilent Technologies provides eProcurement services that help businesses buy supplies more efficiently. It offers a suite of electronic procurement tools that let clients load their pricing into existing purchasing platforms, access a hosted catalog, and complete transactions digitally without paper. The service connects pricing data to clients’ procurement systems, delivers an online catalog, and supports automated, paperless purchasing workflows. This makes purchasing faster and reduces manual steps. Compared with competitors, Agilent emphasizes automation, quick connectivity between pricing, catalogs, and purchasing platforms, and a reliable, scalable experience backed by its broad product range. The company aims to improve client productivity and lower procurement costs, helping customers buy what they need more easily while keeping prices clear and consistent.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA
Founded
1999

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