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Agilent Technologies is seeking an Analytical Chemist for its manufacturing and development facility in the Sacramento California area. Our site is part of Agilent's rapidly growing Consumables and Supplies Division (CSD), and focuses on laboratory consumables, chromatography products, and exciting new enabling technology for next generation instrumentation. Agilent's product quality and technological innovation lead the market.

 

This is a high-visibility and growing product line where you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to one of Agilent's key consumables businesses. Plus, we have embraced 6-Sigma and Lean Manufacturing methodologies making for an engaging and rewarding mix of scientific discovery, process improvement, and employee growth and development. We are looking for a dynamic individual with both technical and soft skills to play a key role in ensuring our products are evolving to meet customers' needs and are successfully transferred from R&D to manufacturing.

 

In this role you will:

-You will participate in the test, calibration, installation, diagnosis and repair of analytical equipment, products and peripherals to ensure functionality and accuracy, while also enjoying the opportunity to design and build tools and ongoing opportunities to develop your technical knowledge and skills.

Utilize analytical chemistry knowledge to work with chemistries and manufacturing teams to maintain product quality, processes and components to meet agreed-upon objectives. May participate in improving processes and products or components to meet cost objectives, component technology obsolescence and customer requirements.

-Participate actively in continuous improvement projects, including influencing the design of the product to ensure manufacturability and conformance with the global supply chain, enabling prototyping while in the R&D lab, testing the reliability of prototypes and managing the transition into production.

-Support and implement the transition of products and manufacturing processes from prototype to full production and through the entire life cycle of the product. Partner with procurement and technical services to improve/sustain products and processes.

Improves products, processes and components to meet agreed-upon objectives. May redesign products or components to meet cost objectives, component technology obsolescence and customer requirements. Participates actively in new product introduction, including influencing the design of the product to ensure manufacturability and conformance with the global supply chain, enabling prototyping while in the R&D lab, testing the reliability of prototypes and managing the transition into production. Supports and implements the transition of products and manufacturing processes from prototype to full production and through the entire life cycle of the product. Partners with procurement and technical services to improve/sustain products and processes. May direct the work of third party vendors and/or partners to meet contract specified deliverables, performance or business objectives. May work with suppliers to ensure achievement of goals for cost, quality and delivery of parts and materials. May identify and manage ERP data such as bill of material and routing.

Materials engineer: Applies knowledge of materials science to collaborate with and provide consulting to R&D, procurement and manufacturing engineering in the research, specification, sourcing and qualification of materials used in the design and production of Agilent products. Plans, evaluates and recommends technical, quality and cost specifications to meet design and business growth objectives and supply chain optimization. Identifies and qualifies alternative materials when needed. Work with suppliers to clarify specifications to meet quality, cost and manufacturability goals.



* Works on manufacturing engineering assignments with broadly defined objectives

* Solves straight-forward issues, challenges and problems within field of specialization