Agilent Technologies · 20 hours ago
Manufacturing Engineer
US-CA-Folsom
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$110K/yr - $173K/yr
4+ years expAgilent Technologies is a leading company in the manufacturing sector, and they are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support and enhance their manufacturing operations. The role involves improving products and processes, participating in new product introductions, and ensuring smooth transitions from prototypes to full production.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsLife SciencePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Performs a variety of engineering duties to support manufacturing operations
Improves products, processes and applications to meet agreed-upon objectives
May redesign products to meet cost objectives, obsolescence and customer requirements
Participates actively in new product introduction, including influencing the design of the product and/or process to ensure manufacturability and conformance with the global supply chain, enabling prototyping while in the R&D lab, testing the reliability of prototypes, scale-up, 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
In a process environment, interfaces with the chemical development lab and production to ensure small-scale development activities will scale to manufacturing equipment and systems
Coordinates the revision of standard operating procedures (SOPs) as required to support the transfer
Partners with procurement, external vendors and customers to improve/sustain products and processes to meet production timelines, quality policies, and customer expectations
Utilizes digital solutions to optimize and maintain state of the art manufacturing 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
May be responsible for designing, developing and enhancing microarray fabrication devices/equipment, processes and handling systems
May be responsible for scripting software code used in manufacturing tests or to program an instrument used for production of a product
May be required to use continuous improvement methodologies and understand quality regulations related to the life science industry
May be responsible for one or more of the following roles: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
Fabrication manufacturing engineer: Designs, develops and enhances microarray fabrication devices/equipment, processes and handling systems
Monitors fabrication processes for consistency in yield performance and machine uptime and establishes clear guidelines for equipment operating limits
Modifies processes and equipment as needed to improve control, quality, production output and machine uptime
Works with R&D to design, develop and release new tools or process technologies and is a resource for risk assessments and design for manufacturability
Analyzes automated tool and QC data to determine root cause of production or quality issues
Manufacturing machine controls software engineer: Provides software solutions in manufacturing fabrication environment
Designs and maintains software code for operating systems or applications for operating automated manufacturing equipment or devices to enable high-throughput, high-quality production of company products
Resolves issues to ensure uninterrupted demand fulfillment
Manufacturing data management and analytics engineer: Defines, develops, improves, supports and implements in house and commercial software solutions to support the manufacturing of products in a cost-effective and compliant manner
Participates in the definition of processes and solutions to provide software-based support for manufacturing operations
Supports and implements the transition of software solutions from requirements to full production through the entire life cycle of the software use
Provides and supports an infrastructure to run the software needed for manufacturing
Defines and recommends appropriate software solutions for manufacturing scenarios
Performs validations and associated activities for all software and technical based solutions
Develops and delivers reporting, analytics and database solutions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's Degree or equivalent
Post-graduate, certification and/or license may be required
4+ years relevant experience for entry into this level
Benefits
Eligibility for bonus
Stock
Benefits
Company
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies addresses the scientific and laboratory management needs of analytical scientists and clinical researchers.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2019-09-05Post Ipo Debt· $500M
1999-11-26IPO
Leadership Team
Mike McMullen
CEO and President
Padraig McDonnell
President and CEO
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