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Agilent Technologies

Provides eProcurement automation and hosted catalogs

Manufacturing Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Junior
Bachelor's
Shanghai, China
In Person
Manufacturing & Process EngineeringManufacturing Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
  • At least one year of work experience in an R&D and manufacturing environment.
  • Demonstrated leadership and ability to manage programs or projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate at all organizational levels.
  • Broad knowledge of manufacturing operations, including supply chain management, product quality management, analytical skills in total cost analysis, and statistics.
  • Good digital skills, such as data analysis and design for automation.
  • Good English writing, reading, and speaking skills.
  • Promote teamwork and cooperative effort.
  • Maintain a clean, safe, and unobstructed work area, practice good safety habits, and use appropriate safety equipment.
  • Provide internal and external customers with high-quality products and services.
  • Understand and apply appropriate quality improvement processes.
Responsibilities
  • Own product performance in the supply chain, managing quality, delivery, and cost; provide technical support for daily product issues and lead cross-functional efforts to improve performance.
  • Analyze external product quality data, including defects on arrival, annual failures, customer feedback, and escalations, and drive product quality improvements.
  • Manage internal production quality, including turn-on rate and line incidence, and ensure an appropriate quality system is in place.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to improve delivery performance and reduce product cost.
  • Initiate product redesign after release to enhance performance, resolve critical quality issues, optimize product cost structure, and improve production efficiency.
  • Participate in new product development and develop manufacturing processes, assembly fixtures and tooling, and test systems.
  • Lead design-for-excellence reviews with cross-functional teams to enhance product performance.
  • Work with marketing and field teams to understand special customer requirements and develop solutions for customers.
  • Participate in or act as a co-developer on digital and automation projects to support the transformation to a smart factory.
  • When assigned as technical lead, lead a team in achieving breakthroughs in key product or manufacturing-process technologies and develop technical solutions for critical customer quality issues, new product introduction, value engineering, and other projects.
  • Promote Agilent company values.
Desired Qualifications
  • A background in chemistry or work experience in the chemical industry.
  • Six Sigma experience.

About the company

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, California

Founded

1999

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What believers are saying

  • Q3 FY2026 revenue hit $1.88 billion, up 8.1%, and guidance rose to $7.51 billion.
  • China grew 9% and pharma grew 12%, signaling stronger end markets.
  • September 2026 launches, including S540MD and Gen5 AI, expand higher-value digital pathology.

What critics are saying

  • Tariff refunds added 110 basis points to Q3 margin, masking underlying profitability.
  • FY26 restructuring costs and workforce reductions continue through first-quarter 2027.
  • A failed pathology pivot leaves Agilent overexposed to slower instrument cycles and commoditization.

What makes Agilent Technologies unique

  • Agilent combines instruments, software, and consumables across pathology, imaging, and analytics.
  • The June 2026 Biocare Medical acquisition deepens its pathology menu and clinical reach.
  • June 2026 OpenAI and BCG collaboration pushes AI into products, operations, and workflows.

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